Stockton’s ‘Iron Lady’ of retail passes at 95: Alyce Tekerlek ran a dress shop for 56 years

STOCKTON HAS LOST one of its longtime business icons with the passing of Alyce Tekerlek, who died of pneumonia Aug. 6 at the age of 95.

Tekerlek owned and operated La Maison dress shop downtown for 56 years, working long after others retired, and choosing to remain downtown long after others had left. She died peacefully in hospice care, said her son, Alan Tekerlek.