By TARA OWEN
Senior. Reporter
Kenneth and Sue Fellers will serve as the Northwestern 2024 Homecoming parade marshals.
As Northwestern alumni they have given back to their alma mater for decades.
“We don’t feel like we are worthy of this honor. It has been a nice surprise,” Sue Fellers said.
Kenneth was a ‘63 math and physics graduate of Northwestern, Sue, a ‘64 graduate with a degree in music.
The couple met at the Northwestern Baptist Student Union and were engaged at homecoming Kenneth’s final year as a Ranger.
The Fellers are now honored to be the homecoming marshals.
In 2010 the family made the decision to provide financial relief to Northwestern students, by providing scholarships for students in the Northwest Oklahoma area who are getting a degree in math, biology or physical science.
Along with another scholarship for students pursuing a music degree.
Kenneth and Sue are proud alumni and explained how appreciative they were to receive their degrees at Northwestern.
Sue shared that she was appreciative of the support she received as a student. They were eager to make an impact on other students by providing scholarships.
“We had great teachers, and we knew we were really getting a great education,” Sue Fellers said.
The Fellers’ education from Northwestern is something that they take great pride in.
As Kenneth was a math teacher and Sue was a music teacher. Before she decided to stay at home to raise their two children.
Kenneth now farms around Byron and Sue remains active with music in her church.
The couple also allowed funding for the recent renovation to Herod Hall.
The family shared that they felt there was a need for renovation in this area of campus.
The auditorium will now be renamed The Fellers Family Auditorium.
“There were always things that were memorable, some need to be shared and some things that don’t. It was all good,” Sue Fellers said.
When reflecting back on their time at Northwestern, Kenneth and Sue had many stories to tell about their time as Rangers.
“It was the best years of our lives, and we didn’t have sense enough at the time to realize it,” Sue Fellers said.
Homecoming has always been a big event for the Fellers family.
For Sue, her earliest memory of Northwestern Homecoming was being in the parade. She recalled being in the seventh grade Mooreland band and marching in the parade.
“For a small school, it really says something that we had an excellent education and besides that we had a lot of fun” Kenny Fellers said.
The Fellers will be in the Northwestern Homecoming parade located Downtown Alva on Oct. 5th starting at 10 a.m. It will start on north side of the square.
