Birth 14 Dec 1918 Cortez, Colorado

Death 29 Dec 2005 (aged 87) Cottonwood, AZ

Parents Fred S. and Nellie Mae (Townsend) McLin

Thelma went to school at Fort Lewis, Campion Academy in Loveland, Colo., then graduated from Arizona Academy in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1936. She continued her education at Fort Lewis College in Hesperus, Colo., and La Sierra College in Riverside, Calif. Mrs. Farley graduated from Arizona State College in 1963, then received her Master's Degree "With Distinction" from Northern Arizona University.

Mrs. Farley taught 5th grade from 1963 until 1980 at Mt. Eldon School which became the W.F. Killip School of Flagstaff. She had moved to Cottonwood in 1939, to Flagstaff in 1952, to Cornville in 1972, then returned to Cottonwood in 1988.

Thelma liked to play the piano, paint, sew, read, camp and travel. A caring and compassionate person, she enjoyed helping others and gave many hours of of volunteer service to the community, most recently at the Central Arizona Food Bank. She had been the director of Adventist Community Services. Because of her strong support of the Commodity Supplement Food Program, in 1990 Thelma was selected by the Arizona Rural Health Conference to be the recipient of the "Martha Ortiz Volunteer of the Year" Award. For her commitment to community service, Mrs. Farley received a daily "Point of Light" award from President George Bush in 1991.