Anna Cermak, 86, of Oklahoma City, passed away January 8, 1988 after a sudden illness.
She was born July 6, 1901 in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan Canada.
She was the oldest child of Frank and Mary Hendrick. She came to Hinton, Oklahoma Territory in 1902 where her father and mother farmed, built and operated a hotel in Hinton. In 1910, her father sold the hotel and they moved back to Canada to resume farming. In 1919, they sold out and moved to Louisiana where her father bought a farm. After her father passed away in 1920, her mother and children moved to Oklahoma City and then into the Mustang area.
Anna married Lee Cermak, January 26, 1922 and lived on a farm in SW Oklahoma City near Wheatland. After her husband's death in 1970, Anna stayed on the farm until 1985 and then resided in a nursing home in Bethany until her death.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Cermak; sisters, Rose Novak and Frances Krivanek; and brothers, James, Frank and Eugene Hendrick.
She is survived by three sons, James Cermak, Lee Cermak Jr., and Alvin Cermak of SW Oklahoma City; three daughters, Mildred Bennett, Pauline Aikman of Bethany and Christine Harding of Moore; one sister, Evelyn Novak of Mustang; thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.
Services will be 2:00 Monday, January 11, Bill Merritt Funeral Home, 4605 S. Pennsylvania Ave, with burial at Czech National Cemetery, SW 44 & Villa.
