Fisch, Lelia Phyrne 1894-1968

FISCH, LADELY, CALHOUN, WARD

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 7/26/2012 at 09:35:58

The Montezuma (IA) Republican; may 23, 1968

MRS. PHYRNE FISCH SERVICES MONDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Phyrne Fisch were Monday afternoon, May 20, at the Steffy Funeral Home with Dr. Merne Harris officiating. Music was provided by Dwight and Joyce Goodman accompanied by Gail Williams, organist.

Casket bearers were Bill Badger, Keith Davis, Allen Ritchie, James Calhoun, Richard Calhoun and Norman Calhoun. Interment was in Golden Rod Cemetery, Deep River.

Mrs. Fisch, 74, died Thursday, May 16, at Oskaloosa.

Lelia Phyrne Fisch was born April 8, 1894, at Rich Hill, Mo. She lived most of her life in and around Deep River.

She had been active in the Deep River Friends Church until it disbanded and she taught the adult Sunday school class at the Tilton Community Church. She had attended Sunday school every Sunday for the past 19 years.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. LaVerne Ladely of Grinnell; three sons, Evan Calhoun and Maurice Calhoun of Cedar Falls and the Rev. Donald Calhoun of Charles City; one sister, Ethel Ward of Skiatook, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.