Adele Parkhurst

Parkhurst was a "birdlike and graceful" coloratura soprano,^[10][11] who gave concerts at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1920,^[12][13] and the Town Hall venue in 1921.^[14][15] She was soprano soloist at the Church of the Divine Paternity in New York City.^[16] A 1922 report described her as "one of the best singers of oratorio form of music now before the public."^[17] She sang in radio concerts, operettas, and operas later in the 1920s.^[18][19][20] She sang as a soloist with symphonies in New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis.^[21]

Adele Maloney was married Clifford Eugene Parkhurst, a naval designer and consultant, until his death in 1959.^[22] She later married Paul E. Orr. She died in 1965, aged 80 years, in Dunedin, Florida.^[21]