Originally published in 2009
Josephine Schreiner Parker of Kerrville died on April 13. “Dodo,” as she was called by all who knew her, was born November 16, 1916. Parker was the only child of Scott and Josephine Schreiner of Kerrville and the great-granddaughter of Capt. Charles A Schreiner, for whom many of Kerrville’s landmarks and civic organizations now are named.
She graduated from Tivy High School in Kerrville, and also attended Schreiner Institute. She earned her B.A. in 1938 from The University of Texas in Austin, and also studied music at the Julliard School of Music in New York City.
Her list of accomplishments is lengthy, including hosting a radio talk show on KERV in Kerrville, where she interviewed such celebrities as Audie Murphy and Gene Autry. She also was one of the first women in the area to fly. Parker learned to fly on a small airstrip that once was located on property near the present-day Wal-Mart. The airport in Kerrville is named after her Uncle Louis, who donated land for the original airport west of town on Hwy. 27, and then traded it with some cash for the current airport site.