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ACTIVE IN YMCA 50 YEARS
DAVIDSON, N.C.--A. Parker Terhune died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1998, at the Pines of Davidson in Davidson, N.C. He was 105. Born in Newark, a son of Frank Arthur and Addie Hopper Terhune, he moved to High Bridge in 1919, where he lived for over 50 years before moving to West Milford, then Davidson, N.C. He was a descendent of Albert Terhune, who migrated from Holland to the United States in 1624.He attended Barringer High School in Newark. He participated in track and was a Junior Champion of America for high hurdles in 1911. He was a YMCA secretary in Nitro, W. Va. during World War I. Mr Terhune had a home appliance business which "was wiped out by the Depression'" he once said in an interview. Then he became county recreation director for the federal Works Progress Administration, a New Deal agency formed to provide employment in making public improvements. He last worked in the electronic industry, retiring from Telerad in Copper Hill after 10 years of employment. He was a volunteer with the Hunterdon County YMCA for 50 years. He was considered the "grandfather of swimming instruction" in the county, teaching swimming, life saving and first aid to countless people. At a 1969 event honoring him for 50 years with the YMCA in Hunterdon County, Mr. Terhune said, "I have retired four times now...and I'd say this to anyone who's thinking of retiring: retirement means nothing as far as being busy goes. I've threatened to go back to work to get away from all the work." His first wife, Florence Clark Terhune, and his second wife, Helen Terhune, both died earlier. Surviving are three daughters, Margaret Mae Horak of Cortland, N.Y., Elizabeth Marion Krider of Davidson, N.C. and Patricia Ann Hoffman of California; 16 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Arrangements are under Almond, Raymer & McConnell Funeral Home in Huntersville, N.C.
(Paper in North Carolina carrying obituary and the publishing date unknown. Mr. Terhune was buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Norwood).
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