Gloria (Allen) Cherkala
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Gloria (Allen) Cherkala (1918 - 2009)

Gloria Cherkala formerly Allen
Born in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Died at age 90 in Kansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Born December 26, 1918, in Bloomington, IN, she was the daughter of William Walter and Glenna Lee (Prouty) Allen.

She was the fourth generation of the Allen family in Bloomington.

Having attended Bloomington High School for three years, she graduated from Principia Upper School, St. Louis, MO, in 1936. She attended Indiana University.

She was a Life Member of I.U. Alumni Association, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Tri Kappa, American Legion Auxiliary and the Christian Science Church.

She and her husband, Jon Cherkala, were co-owners (1977-1994) of the East Third Street Allen Funeral Home. She was also Secretary-Treasurer. The Allen Funeral Home was founded by her father, Walter Allen, in 1917.

She is survived by her husband, Jon Cherkala, and son, Michael Allen Cherkala, and daughter-in-law, Dana Cherkala.

The funeral service and interment will be private.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 6, from 4-8 p.m. at The Funeral Chapel of Powell, Deckard and Costin, 3000 E. Third Street, Bloomington.

Sources

  • "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF4S-YQS : 1 February 2021), Gloria G Allen in entry for Joseph Allen, 1920.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4YB-H2F : accessed 30 May 2023), Gloria Allen in household of Walter Allen, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 19A, line 44, family 476, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 619; FHL microfilm 2,340,354.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1Y6-XQB : 5 January 2021), Gloria Allen in household of Walter Allen, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-9, sheet 7A, line 35, family 185, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1079.
  • "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VFW-FGZM : 3 August 2022), Gloria Allen in entry for Jon C Cherkala, 1945.
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42728485/gloria-cherkala
  • The Herald-Times, October 5, 2009




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