Celia Halas, 86, passed away September 14, 2009. She is survived by three children, four grandchildren and her extended family. Celia and Mike Halas, her husband of 62 years, moved to Phoenix in 1949 after their graduation from Marquette University. At age 50 Celia returned to college and earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from ASU. She taught at ASU and began her private practice. She co-authored I've Done So Well, published by McMillan Press. She promoted the book on the Today Show and on news stations across the US. She later authored Why Can't a Woman Be More like a Man, a book for men about women. In 1977 she was invited with a group of prominent Arizona Professional Women to be a guest of the Chinese government on a tour of their country. This was just as China opened its borders to foreigners. Celia was the first President of Charter 100, and in 1989 she helped create The Malta Center for HIV/AIDS. She taught Assertiveness Training at the Casa de Paz y Bien for over 20 years. Celia and Mike lived in Paradise Valley until Mike's death in 2007. At that time she moved to Colorado to be with her daughter, Therese. Throughout her life Celia loved to write, her final book Love Letters: A Women's Story, is an autobiography.