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Joseph Cerny

Male 1904 - 1994  (90 years)


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  • Name Joseph Cerny 
    Born 24 Jun 1904  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Sep 1994  Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2792  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Josef Cerny,   b. 8 Mar 1882, Moravia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1914, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Mother Henrietta Nekvasil Cerny,   b. 18 Jul 1878, Prague, Bohemia, Moravia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1972, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 25 Sep 1905  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Olaette Gennett Jury Cerny,   d. 26 Nov 1990, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Aug 1935  Dover, Bureau County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary H Cerny Park
     2. Joseph Cerny, Jr.,   b. 24 Apr 1936
     3. Jan Edwin Cerny
    Documents
    Marriage- Jury, Lottie-Cerny, Joseph
    Marriage- Jury, Lottie-Cerny, Joseph
    Rossville friends will be interested to know that Joseph Cerny is to be married Sunday, to Miss Lottie Jury at Dover, Ill.

    Mr. Cerny is a son of Mrs. Henrietta Cerny, who lives north of Rossville. He is a certified public accountant with the KERC. After entering the school of Business at K.U. he completed his Ph D. work in Economics at the University of Illinois.

    Miss Jury has received her M.A. degree from the University of Illinois.

    They will make their home in Topeka.
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2019 02:35:51 
    Family ID F1053  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Cerny, Joseph
    Obituary- Cerny, Joseph
    Joseph Cerny
    Joseph Cerny, 88, died Wednesday, September 21, 1994, at a hospital in Oxford, Miss. Apparent cause of death was cardiac arrest.
    He was born June 24, 1906 in Rossville Township, Shawnee County, the son of Joseph and Henriette Nekvasil Cerny.
    Mr. Cerny was a retired Pub¬lic Accountant, and the wid¬ower of Olaette J. Jury Cerny. He was reared on a farm near Rossville. In 1929, he graduated with honors from the University of Kansas in the School of Business. In 1930, he received his Master’s degree in account¬ing from the University of Illi¬nois. He passed the CPA exam in 1931, and taught school at Oklahoma A&M, DePaul Uni¬versity, and the University of Mississippi from 1946 until his retirement in 1971. During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army.
    He was a member of Oxford Civitan Club, a life member of the University of Illinois, and a life member of the Reserve Officers Association. He was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rites Mason. He had lived in Oxford since 1946.
    Survivors include a daughter, Mary H. Park, Oxford, Miss.; two sons, Joseph Cerny III, Berkley, Calif., and Jan Edwin Cerny, Oakland, Calif; six grandchildren; and one great- grandson.
    Visitation was Friday from 5:00 until 7:00 at Waller Fu¬neral Home, Oxford, Miss. His funeral service was Saturday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home chapel. Interment was in Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.