Betty Jane Tate-Turney

Background

Tate-Turney, Betty Jane was born on March 24, 1922 in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Frank Dickenson and Lula Ann (Harris) Tate.

Education

Bachelor of Music, Knox College, 1944. Master of Education, Western Illinois University, 1955.

Career

Radio engineer Station KBIX Radio, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1945-1947. Music teacher Muskogee (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1947-1948, Maplewood-Richmond Heights, Missouri, 1948-1951. Member St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra, 1948-1951.

1st grade teacher Streator (Illinois) Public Schools, 1948-1951. Teaching principal Plano (Illinois) Public Schools, 1952-1956. Reading consultant East Aurora Public Schools, Aurora, Illinois, 1961-1966.

Special reading, learning disabled teacher Dekalb (Illinois) Public Schools, 1966-1976. Secretary, treas Young Set, Inc., Hanover Park, Illinois, 1973-1983. Private teacher String Project, Rolling Meadows, 1989-1900.

Teacher violin and viola String Project, Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

Achievements

• Betty Jane Tate-Turney has been listed as a noteworthy private school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder, president Sandwich Park (Illinois) District, 1966-1972. Election judge Democratic National Convention, Washington, 1986-1997. Founding member Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, 1996-1997.

Committee member Schaumburg (Illinois) Township Senior Citizens, 1989-1999. Member Democratic Leadership Circuit, Auxiliary Schaumburg Postal Workers Union. Member AARP, National Education Association, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Retired Teachers, National Parks Conservation Association.

Interests

• Crocheting, sewing, knitting, travel, reading.

Connections

Married Robert D. Turney (deceased). Children: Jane Christine, Judith Carol, Linda Jean.

Father:

Frank Dickenson Tate

Mother:

Lula Ann (Harris) Tate

Spouse:

Robert D. Turney

child:

Judith Carol Tate-Turney

child:

Jane Christine Tate-Turney

child:

Linda Jean Tate-Turney