Obit: Fischer, Adolph #2 (1864 - 1942)

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Surnames: Fischer, Urban, Prange, Schulte, VenRooy, Dietrich

----Source: Spencer Record, Spencer, Wis.) 07/16/1942

Fischer, Adolph (03 OCT 1864 - 30 JUL 1942)


ADOLPH FISCHER DIES AT COLBY LAST THURSDAY

Adolph Fischer, aged 77, who lived in Colby for the past 23 years, died Thursday at his home of gallstones and heart failure. He had been ill about four days. Mr. Fischer was born Oct. 3, 1864, in Germany and married Miss Elizabeth Urban there in October, 1892. They came to American in 1907, and lived in the state of Kansas until 1915, when they moved to Unity. For the past 23 years they have lived in Colby. Surviving besides his wife are five sons, Herman of Chelsea, Fred of Rib Lake, and Carl, Walter and William of Colby; four daughters, Mrs. Anna Prange of Unity, Mrs. Ernest Schulte, Mrs. Lambert VenRooy of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Fred Dietrich of Colby. Five children preceded him in death.