Halcia Marguerite Stalker Cerny

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Obituary- Cerny, Halcia 1

Mrs. Halcia M. Cerny
Rossville – Mrs. Halcia Marguerite Cerny, 81, Rossville, died late Tuesday, Sept. 10, at a Rossville nursing home. She had a brain tumor and had been ill a year.
Mrs. Cerny taught in Rossville and area schools 38 years before she retired in 1973.
She was born Nov. 10, 1903, at Delia, the daughter of Fred and Anna Ward Stalker. She was graduated from Rossville High School. She also attended Emporia State Teachers College, Fort Hays State College, and Leland Stanford Jr. University, Stanford, Calif., and was graduated from Washburn University in Topeka. She was a graduate of the Flo V. Menninger Bible Course.
Mrs. Cerny was a member of the United Methodist Church, Amaryllis Chapter No. 321 of Order of Eastern Star and Senior Citizens, all at Rossville. She also was a past president and secretary of the Countryside Club and secretary of Ladies Literary Circle several years before she became ill, both at Rossville.
She was married to Henry Frank Cerny Feb. 7, 1925, at Hiawatha. He died Nov. 30, 1955. A daughter, Louise Ann Cerny, died in October 1930.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Edith McClain and Mrs. Marcia Terell, both of Rossville; a sister, Mrs. Beth Lauck, Woodlawn, Calif.; three brothers, Dr. Clinton Stalker, Satanta, Glenn Stalker, Sacramento, Calif., and Dr. Orville Stalker, El Paso, Texas; a granddaughter; and three great-grandsons.
Services at 10 a.m. Friday will be followed by Order of Eastern Star services conducted by Amaryllis Chapter No. 321 at the United Methodist Church in Rossville. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 8 p.m. today at Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church, Rossville, 66533.

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