Cecil M. Walker was born in Talmage, Nebraska, July 31, 1915, the daughter of Clifford and Elizabeth Mehaffey Cade. When she was two months old the family moved to Griswald, Iowa. At age 4, Cecil moved to Harlan, Iowa, and made her home with a great aunt where she was raised and received her education, graduating from Harlan High School with the class of 1933.
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