In the Alumni list, this graduate is "Thelma J. Jacobs." However, her middle initial, per marriage record, was "M." After marriage, her middle initial was "J" for her maiden name, Jacobs.

Thelma M. Jacobs was born on April 20, 1910 in Roscoe, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Albert H. Jacobs, born in Illinois, and Catherine Smith, born in Pennsylvania.

In the 1920 Federal Census, Albert, a steel worker, and Catherine, had the following children at home: Howard, 12, Thelma, 9, and Ruth, 7.

By 1930, the father, Albert, was deceased, having died of pneumonia in 1928. Thelma, 21, lived with her widowed mother, 45, and two younger sisters, Ruth, 17, and Charlotte, 9.

Nurse, Thelma M. Jacobs, 28, born April 20, 1910, a resident of Wilkinsburg, married DeLorma B. McCune, 35, born in Pittsburgh. He was divorced in 1926. The marriage took place in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County on July 15, 1938.

From a list of Pennsylvania Registered Nurses, 1940-1941, published by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners: "Thelma Jacobs McCune, 609 Center St., Wilkinsburg."

HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb 12, 1959 - McCUNE, On Monday, Feb. 9, 1959, DeLorma B., of 147 Evaline St., Penn Hills; husband of Thelma Jacobs McCune; father of Lois and Robert McCune. Friends received at Stewart Funeral Home, 9311 Frankstown Rd., (at Graham Blvd.), Penn Hill. Services Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

Thelma Jacobs McCune died on July 24, 2001; last residence, Pinnellas County, Florida.