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Frances Anna Ward Stalker

Female 1878 - 1966  (87 years)


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  • Name Frances Anna Ward Stalker 
    Nickname Anna 
    Born 25 May 1878  Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Apr 1966  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Delia Cemetery, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I161  Rossville
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2020 

    Father John Ward,   b. 13 Nov 1845,   d. 1 Jan 1914, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Catherine Ward,   b. 2 May 1843,   d. 4 Dec 1921  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Winfred Arthur (Fred) Stalker,   b. 27 Aug 1879, Adrian, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1960, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Aug 1900  Adrian, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Halcia Marguerite Stalker Cerny,   b. 10 Nov 1903, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1985, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +2. Clinton L Stalker, Sr.,   b. 17 Apr 1905, Adrian, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1992, Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Glenn W Stalker,   b. 26 Feb 1910, Kirk County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1988, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +4. Kathryn Elizabeth Stalker Lauck,   b. 14 Mar 1912,   d. 27 Jun 2007, Woodland, Yolo County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +5. Francis Orville Stalker,   b. 30 Nov 1915, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 2000, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Documents
    Anniversary- Stalker, Winfred and Anna
    Anniversary- Stalker, Winfred and Anna
    Stalker Golden Wedding
    Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Stalker celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary Sunday, August 13, 1950, at their home in Rossville. Mrs. Stalker was formerly Miss Anna Ward, daughter of pioneer farmers of Adrian, Mr. and Mrs. John Ward. She and Mr. Stalker were married at the home of her parents, with relatives and close friends present. They have resided in Jackson and Shawnee counties all their married life. They are the parents of five children, Mrs. Halcie Cerny of Rossville; Dr. Clinton L. Stalker of Topeka; Glen Stalker of Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs. Bess Lauck of Palo Alto, Calif.; and Capt. Orville Stalker of El Paso, Texas.

    There was a beautiful three-tiered wedding cake with gold trimmings on a lovely lace tablecloth and bouquets of yellow roses and gladioli.

    Mrs. Halcia Cerny poured at the punch bowl and Misses Edith and Marcia Cerny, granddaughters assisted. Marcia, dressed in an orchid formal, served and Edith, dressed in a blue formal had charge of the guest book.

    Many nice gifts were received and a large number of cards. Friends and relatives who called on them were Mrs. Margaret Witter, Mr. and Mrs. George Jacques and Janice, Mr. and Mrs. George Hargis, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Owens, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Hargis, Mrs. Bernard Hargis, Judy and Bobbie, Mr. and Mrs. Mora Gideon, Mr. and Mrs. Virgal Lawrence and family, Miss Gladys Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Glen VanOrsdol, Mary Jo and Janice, Dr. and Mrs. C.L. Stalker, Clinton and Nan Van, all of Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fleming of Rock Island, Ill., Capt. and Mrs. Orville Stalker, Roger and Kent of El Paso, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Ward, Mrs. Charles Wood of Silver Lake; Mrs. Flora Bahner of Ardmore, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cerny, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reid, Mr. Luther McClain, Mrs. Leroy Parr and Janie, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kovar, all of Rossville; Mrs. Dora Lewelling of Holton, Carolyn and Beverly Davis of Willard, Mrs. Linn Keller, Mrs. Everett, Sumner, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houck, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Springer, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Houck, Mr. and Mrs. I.B. Wyatt, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Houck and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lewelling, Carl, James and Glen, all of Delia.

    [From 24 Aug 1950]
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2018 09:04:54 
    Family ID F56  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 May 1878 - Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Delia Cemetery, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Stalker, Frances
    Obituary- Stalker, Frances
    Frances Stalker
    Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Penwell-Gabe1 Funeral Home for Mrs. Frances Anna Stalker, 87, Rossville, who died Monday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted Sunday. She had a heart ailment. Burial will be in Delia Cemetery.

    She was born May 25, 1878, in Kansas and had lived at Rossville about 50 years. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Rossville.

    Survivors include three sons, Dr. Clinton L. Stalker, 1715 Webster, Glenn W. Stalker, Sacramento, Calif., and Col. F. O. Stalker, Fort Lewis,, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Halcia M. Cerny, Rossville, and Mrs. I. S. Louck, Burlingame, Calif.; nine grandchildren and 11 great- grandchildren.