Lydia Anne Fischer 1919 - 2014

FISCHER, WIECK, KEUCK

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/4/2014 at 18:11:29

Sioux City Journal
24 September 2014

HINTON, Iowa | Lydia A. Fischer, 94, of Hinton passed away Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at Akron Care Center in Akron, Iowa.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Hinton. The Rev. Steven Stoll will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. today, with the family present 4 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Mauer–Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation will resume 9:30 a.m until service time Thursday at the church. Expressions of sympathy may be directed through www.mauerjohnsonfh.com.

Lydia Annie Keuck was born on Oct. 7, 1919, on the family farm near Moville, Iowa, the daughter of Otto and Annie (Wieck) Keuck. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moville and attended country school near her home. She later helped area neighbor families with their children and housekeeping. This led her to Hinton, where she met and later married William John Fischer on Feb. 23, 1942, in Dakota City.

While Bill served in the U.S. Army during World War II, Lydia lived with her parents near Moville. When Bill returned from the war the family made their home on a farm near Hinton. They farmed there for 38 years before moving to Merrill, Iowa, in October 1984. They also spent many winters in Texas and traveled to worldwide destinations. Bill passed away on June 6, 2001. Five years ago, Lydia moved to the Oakleaf Apartments in Akron and then to the care center in May 2014.

Lydia was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Hinton. She kept a diary every day of her married life. She also spent time completing puzzles, making crafts, sewing, crocheting and playing cards.

Grateful to have shared her life are her children, Bethene (Tom) Ross of Akron, and Ronald Fischer, Tom (Bette) Fischer and Gary (Sharon) Fischer, all of Hinton; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sisters, Velma Linerud of Spokane, Wash., and Doris Grasma of Sioux City; brothers, Chris Keuck of Sioux City, Ray Kueck of Sioux City, and LaVern Keuck of Denison, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bill; a son, Dale; a grandson, Scott Ross; a daughter-in-law, Sylvia Fischer; and sisters, Hattie Ledgerwood, Gertrude Parkinson and Vesta Davis.