Background
Selack, Laurene E. was born on September 12, 1915 in McPherson, Kansas, United States. Daughter of William C. Schlatter and Katharine Elizabeth Messer.
Selack, Laurene E. was born on September 12, 1915 in McPherson, Kansas, United States. Daughter of William C. Schlatter and Katharine Elizabeth Messer.
Degree in piano teaching, McPherson College, Kansas, 1935. Bachelor of Science in Music, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, 1939.
Music teacher Benedict (Kansas) High School, 1939—1941. Substitute music teacher Belle Plaine (Kansas) High School, 1941—1943. Piano teacher McPherson, 1943—2001.
Church organist 1st Christian Church, 1956—1993. Director women's chorus American Legion Auxiliary, McPherson, 1949—1953.
Member Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, McPherson, 1972—2003, McPherson Arts Council, 1973—2003, McPherson County History Society, 1995—2003. Life member McPherson Opera House Preservation Company, 1997—2003. Member McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation, 2000—2003.
Member of American Legion Auxiliary (past president, 1st place award national chorus competitions 1950, 1st place award national.chorus competitions 1951), Kansas Music Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association, Kappa Delta Pi (life), Sigma Alpha Iota (life. Historian 1938-1939).
Married Albert Henry Selack, May 25, 1941 (deceased March 26, 1990). Children: Richard Alan, Marilyn Sue Woodard, Rex Arthur.