Adele Parkhurst
Adele Parkhurst, from a 1922 publication.
Born	Adele Bedelia Maloney June 5, 1885 Hopkins, Minnesota
Died	October 22, 1965(1965-10-22) (aged 80) Dunedin, Florida
Other names	Adele Maloney Orr (at time of death)
Occupation	Singer

Adele Parkhurst (June 5, 1885 – October 22, 1965), born Adele Bedelia Maloney, was an American concert singer.

Adele Bedelia Maloney was from Hopkins, Minnesota, the daughter of Michael F. Maloney and Albertina Erickson Maloney.^[1][2][3] Her father was born in Ireland and was a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War;^[4] her mother was born in Chicago.^[5] Adele Parkhurst sang at the Minnesota pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904,^[6] and trained as a singer with Wilfried Klamroth.^[7][8][9]

Parkhurst was a "birdlike and graceful" coloratura soprano,^[10][11] who gave concerts at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1920,^[12][13] and the Town Hall venue in 1921.^[14][15] She was soprano soloist at the Church of the Divine Paternity in New York City.^[16] A 1922 report described her as "one of the best singers of oratorio form of music now before the public."^[17] She sang in radio concerts, operettas, and operas later in the 1920s.^[18][19][20] She sang as a soloist with symphonies in New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis.^[21]

Adele Maloney was married Clifford Eugene Parkhurst, a naval designer and consultant, until his death in 1959.^[22] She later married Paul E. Orr. She died in 1965, aged 80 years, in Dunedin, Florida.^[21]