WILLIAM F. FISCHER 1893-1972

SCHROEDER, FISCHER, DREIER, LUNDT, SCHAVE, SCHWEINEFUS, FULLER, UPDEGRAFF

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Date: 5/29/2005 at 16:54:55

WILLIAM F. FISCHER 1893-1972

POSTVILLE, Ia. -- William F. Fischer, 79, of Janesville, Wis., and formerly of Castalia, Ia., died Monday in Mercy Hospital, Janesville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Schutte Funeral Home at Postville, where friends may call. Burial will be in the Postville Cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Elsie; a son, Kenneth of Janesville; a brother, Henry of Luana, Ia.; a sister, Mrs. Emma Lundt of Oelwein, Ia., and three grandchildren.

newspaper clipping, hand-dated 1972 - contributed by Mary Durr

Submitter notes: William F. Fischer was born September 26, 1893, in Clermont township, Fayette County, Iowa to William Henry (1865-1925) and Marie Louisa (Schroeder)(1867-1923) Fischer. He married Elsie L. Dreier on January 17,1920 at the Zion Lutheran Parsonage, Castalia, Winneshiek County, Iowa. He was preceeded in death by two sons, Adrian Fischer, born 1922 and died 1926 and infant son Lloyd Fischer, born and died 1921; four sisters: Mrs. Wm. (Lena) Schave (1889-1970), Mrs. Harley (Louise) Schweinefus Fuller, Esther Updegraff (1909-1945)and Infant sister (1911-1912); five brothers: Edwin (1894-1913), Fred (1895-1945), Emil (1901-1966), Otto (1907) and Martin (1912-1946).