Elleta Nolte is a writer of regional history in the forms of books, articles, and presentations and an advocate of learning. After the sixth of her nine children graduated from Texas Tech University, she enrolled as a freshman at age 71. She graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies in 2008 at the age of 89.
Elleta lives in Lubbock, Texas and is mother of nine children and a multitude of grandchildren. She and her husband Quenton shared a love for 63 years until his death a year before her graduation.
She is still learning and writing.