Marcelia “Marcy” Coad Neff Fisher 1902 - 2003

FISHER, COAD, NEFF

Posted By: Marguerite (email)
Date: 4/1/2003 at 13:57:08

Marcelia “Marcy” Coad Neff Fisher, 100, of 701 Oaknoll Drive, Iowa City, died Sunday, March 30, 2003, at Oaknoll Retirement Residence following a brief illness.

Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2003, at the Oaknoll Retirement Residence, 701 Oaknoll Drive, Iowa City, with the Reverend Mel Schlachter, officiating. Burial of her cremated remains will take place at a later date in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Iowa Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.lensingfuneral.com

Marcelia was born December 30, 1902, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles Samuel Sr., and Mary Kate Coad Neff. Marcy graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1924 with a BA in Journalism and later attended the Milwaukee-Downer Seminary. She was united in marriage to Alton Fisher, the former head of Oral Pathology at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry on August 15, 1931 in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. She had worked as a staff reporter for the Milwaukee Journal for many years and later worked for the Iowa State Historical Society.

Mrs. Fisher moved to Iowa City in 1949, and was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church, D.A.R. and the N.N. Book Club. She particularly enjoyed writing, even in her later years. Among her works was a book entitled Paddle-Wheel, Sail & Steam, Able Neff & Nephews, Captains Ed, Will & Sam, 1850 - 1969.

Marcelia is survived by a cousin John and his wife, Darlyne Neff of Iowa City and their sons, Paul and Jim.

She was preceded in death by her husband and two brothers, Harold Henry Neff and Charles Neff.