FISHER, Sophia 1884 - 1975

FISHER, WERRY, ANDERSEN, WHITNEY, BENNINGHOUSE, WILLIAMS, SANDERS

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/6/2022 at 20:38:07

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, July 16, 1975
Page 12, Column 4

Mrs. FISHER Rites Friday

Last rites for Mrs. W.E. FISHER, 91, former local resident, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Fairfield.

The Rev. Basil Tadlock will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mrs. FISHER died Monday at a nursing home in Forest City. Arrangements are in charge of the Olson-Petersen Funeral Home in Forest City. They body will lie in state at the church beginning at noon Friday.

Mrs. FISHER, the former Sophia WEARRY (sic - WERRY), was the widow of Wilson E. FISHER. They spent their married life in Fairfield until his death in 1943.

Surviving are the following children: Mrs Reinhardt (Jane) ANDERSEN, Clear Lake; Mrs. Harry (Dorothy) WHITNEY and Mrs. Cal (Edna) BENNINGHOUSE, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; and George FOSHER (sic), Orange, Calif.

Also surviving are nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and two sisters: Mrs. Emma WILLIAMS and Mrs. Ethel SANDERS, both of Canton, Ill.

~~~~
Copied with permission from The Fairfield Ledger, Inc. IAGenWeb Bylaws PROHIBIT the COPYING AND RE-POSTING OF THIS MATERIAL IN ANY PUBLIC VENUE such as Ancestry or Find A Grave without WRITTEN permission from the submitter ~ copyright restrictions apply.
*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Lot Old.P.145 with husband Wilson. Sophia was born in England on February 4, 1884.