George & Nancy Fischer

FISCHER MOREY HOPKINS BOUCHER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 8/27/2010 at 23:31:18

History of Woodbury County, Iowa 1984

George and Nancy Fischer
By Nancy Fischer

Nancy Ruth (Morey) Fischer was born August 12, 1954, in Sioux City, Iowa. She is the youngest child of Edwin and Willys (Hopkins) Morey. She attended Irving Grade School and Woodrow Wilson Junior High in Sioux City. When she was twelve years old, she was baptized at First United Methodist Church.

In 1968, she moved her parents to acreage in Plymouth County, Iowa, and she attended Westfield High School until 1970. As a young firl, Nancy liked to see movies, read, and collect horse statues. As a teenager, she would ride horseback and babysit.

On May 25, 1974, in South Sioux City, Nebraska, Nancy married Clifford Boucher from Buffalo, Missouri. Cliff was born November 17, 1954. They had a daughter, Sheila Marie, on January 30, 1975. Later, Cliff and Nancy were divorced.

In the spring of 1977, Nancy met George A Fischer, of Jefferson City, Missouri. George is the son of Otto T and Dorothy A (McGee) Ficher.

Otto began working in the electrical trade in 1937 for Sullivan Electric Company in Jefferson City. He had two children form his first marriage, William O Fischer and Arlience (Fischer) Carey. On January 10, 1942, he married Dorothy McGee. He served in World War II. George was born October 11, 1947, at St Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Iowa. Otto and Dorothy also have two daughters, Sally (Fischer) Stockman and Sara (Fischer) Franklin.

In Janaury 1952, Dorothy started working for Division Employment Security, and she worked there for thirty years before retiring in January 1983. In the spring of 1977, Otto retired from the electrical trade due to poor health. On March 25, 1980, he passed away and is now at rest at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in Jefferson City. Dorothy is living on their acreag south of Jefferson City.

George attended Central School., Thorpe Garden School, Simonsen School, and Jefferson City High School. When he was eight years old, he was baptised at the First Christian Church. In 1965, he became an Electrician Summer Helpter, and in the fall he joined the Apprenticeship Program. In January 1966, George married Mary Beth Tyree, and they had two children: Kirk, who was born July 15, 1967; and Jill, who was born Mach 6, 1973. During 1971-71, George traveled with his father to Nebraska and surrounding areas to work, and both men worked at Westinghouse in Jefferson City. George divorced Mary Beth in 1975. In 1977 George was working at the Port Neal Power Plant.

Gorge and Nancy were married in Jefferson City, Missouri, on September 17, 1977, at the First Christian Church. They moved to Mokane, Missouri, and on May 5, 1978, their daughter, Stephanie Ann, was born.

That year they moved back to Jefferson City, and on Thanksgiving, George’s son, Kirk, came to live with them. In July of 1979, they moved to Meeker, Coloado, where George worked at the Grant Junction Power Plant. The family went trout fishing, hiking, and mountain climbing. Later they moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where at Palo Verde Power Plant. On the way to Arizona, they saw the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Four Corners, and the Petrified Forest. They didn’t stay long in Phoenix because Geoge had to work in 130 degree heat every day, so they moved to Huntsville, Missouri, where George worked at the Thomas Hill Power Plant. While at Huntsville, they had a family picture taken, and Stephanie won the ‘Miss Photogenic’ contest and had her picture printed in the newspaper.
In the spring of 1980, they moved back to Mokane, and George and Nancy both went to work at the Union Electric Power Plant. In January 1981, they moved to Tebbetts, Missouri, not far from Mokane, and in July, they moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana, where George worked at the Roy Nelson Power Plant. They spent a lot of weekends at Holly Beach, fishing and catching shrimp and blue crabs. Kirk learned to use a casting net. While they were there, Nancy’s mother visited them, and so did George’s mother, half-sister, and her two youngest children. Nancy enjoyed learning to cook different styles of food, Mexican in Phoenix, Cajun in the south, and she even tried alligator.

The family was homesick for Missouri, so they moved back to Mokane again and bought a house. George works at the Union Electric Power Plant, and Nancy has worked there from time to time. The children are at South Calloway RII School and are in differenct activities. Kirk has been in the Future Farmers of America for two years, Sheila has been a Brownie for two yars, and Stephanie started her first year of school in 1983. Nancy is a Brownie Leader Helper and Room Mother at school, George belonged to the Lions Club, and both he and Nancy helped campaign for State Representative, Gracie Backer, who won.

For relaxation, the family goes boating, swimming, and camping on the Missouri River. They also go to the Lake of the Ozarks and snag for spoonbill. Nancy also likes ceramics, sewing, and working in the garden. In the future they hope to buy line and buils a new home.

In June of 1983, Nancy received her G.E.D. High School diploma, and George adopted her daughter, Sheila, on July 18, 1983.