Obit: Cerven, Alice K. (1915 - 2012)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Cerven, Filipak, Knapik, Harycki

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., WI.) January 11, 2012

Cerven, Alice K. (7 May 1915 - 4 January 2012)

Alice K. Cerven, age 96, of Withee, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at the Clark County Health Care Center, Owen.  Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2012, at the Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Owen.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Withee.  Visitation was held from 10:00 a.m. until time of services at the Maurina-chilling Funeral Home in Owen.

Alice was born on May 7, 1915, in rural Thorp to Walter and Frances (Filipak) Knapik. She attended school in rural Thorp until eighth grade, moving with her parents to Chicago in 1930, working as a housekeeper for various families.

On July 29, 1933, Alice was united in marriage to James C. Cerven in Chicago, IL.  In 1949, the couple moved from Chicago to rural Withee, where they purchased a dairy farm and she continued to reside on the farm until September 23, 2011.

Alice is lovingly survived by her children: James Cerven of Addison, IL, Alice (Silver) Harycki of Thorp and Gerald (Marge) Cerven of Stillwater, MN; 17 grandchildren; and several great and great-great-grandchildren.

Alice is preceded in death by her parents; husband, James C. Cerven on September 10, 1993; and two sons: Edward and Ronald.