BIGLER, Mary E. (Bigler) 1933-2009

BIGLER, ZEIEN, FISCHER, STOHR, HORN, PHILLIPS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/17/2010 at 12:01:58

[Waterloo Courier, Friday, October 23, 2009]

WATERLOO - Mary E. Bigler, 76, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Harmony House of natural causes.

She was born Feb. 20, 1933, in Ossian, daughter of Henry and Henrietta Zeien Fischer. She married Donald Bigler on Jan. 1, 1948, in Clermont. They later divorced.

She was owner/operator of the Hiway Grill in Jackson Junction for 12 years and then was in the sales department of Walmart in Decorah for a number of years, retiring in 2003.

Survived by: four sons, Ric (Marilyn) of Olympia, Wash., Dan (Cheryl) and David (Barb), both of Evansdale, and Ben (Jill) of Independence; three daughters, Leona Bigler of Evansdale, Joyce (Ron) Stohr of Lawrenceburg, Ky., and Sandi (Calvin) Horn of Elk Run Heights; three brothers, Martin (Bonnie) Fischer of Festina, Jerry (Barb) Fischer of Fort Atkinson and Bobby (Nancy) Fischer of Lincoln; one sister, Margaret Phillips of Waucoma; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: two brothers, Bud and Mickey; and a sister, Venita Phillips.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Public visitation from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, where there will be a 3 p.m. rosary, and for an hour before services Monday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to the family.

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