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PFC Melvin Norman Fischer

Birth	:	11 Jan 1931 Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	11 Mar 1977 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.5078011, -98.9858017
Plot	:	block 40, lot 17, grave 4
Inscription	:	PFC US MARINE CORPS KOREA
Description	:	Final Rites Held For M. Fischer Melvin N. Fischer, 46, Ohio township, died Friday in the Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls, where he had been for treatment for some time before his death. Funeral rites were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, March 15, in the Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. David Belzer officiating. Burial was in the GAR Cemetery. Pallbearers were Eldon Moser, Craig Wharton, Don Ames, James Purrington, Robert Moser and Gene Grabin. Mr. Fischer was born January 11, 1931 at Highmore, the son of Mr. and Mrs. (Marie Bertha Eisenbraun) Emanuel Fischer. He attended school in Highmore.... Read More	Final Rites Held For M. Fischer Melvin N. Fischer, 46, Ohio township, died Friday in the Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls, where he had been for treatment for some time before his death. Funeral rites were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, March 15, in the Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. David Belzer officiating. Burial was in the GAR Cemetery. Pallbearers were Eldon Moser, Craig Wharton, Don Ames, James Purrington, Robert Moser and Gene Grabin. Mr. Fischer was born January 11, 1931 at Highmore, the son of Mr. and Mrs. (Marie Bertha Eisenbraun) Emanuel Fischer. He attended school in Highmore. He served with the Marine Corps and lived in the Los Angeles area from 1952 at Yuma, Ariz. In 1958 they moved back to South Dakota and since that time had been living in the Miller-Highmore area. {The following paragraph was taken from the obituary in the Daily Plainsman, Huron, Beadle, SD dated 13 Mar 1977, p. 6, c. 6 & was provided by FAG member, Barb Jones (#47367273): "Mr. Fischer was born Jan. 11, 1931, in Highmore, to Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Fischer. He attended school in Highmore and served in the Marine Corps in 1952. From 1952-58 he lived in the Los Angeles area. He married Betty A. Parker, Oct. 2, 1955, in Yuma, Ariz. They returned to South Dakota in 1958, and he ranched in the Highmore and Miller area."} Survivors include his widow, six children, Dianne Fischer, Sioux Falls. Daniel, Leonard, Anthony, Perry and Lori, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Marie Morman, Arlington; two sisters, Mrs. Mel (Doris) Bitterman, Huron and Mrs. Richard (Marjorie) Oakley, Miller; and three brothers, Leonard, Rapid City, Marlin, Arlington and Bennie, Wessington Springs. He was preceded in death by his father. The Miller Press, Miller, Hand, South Dakota, March 17, 1977, Vol. 94 #26, p1 c4 [Obituary added by creator of memorial. I added the information bracketed by asterisks (...)]

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PFC Melvin Norman Fischer's memorial is located at: G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, USA.
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PFC Melvin Norman Fischer death on 11 Mar 1977 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.5078011
Longitude: -98.9858017

Family Members:

Parent

Emanuel Fischer

(1903 - 1958)

Siblings

Doris Ruth Fischer Bitterman

(1928 - 2000)

Marjorie June “Margie” Fischer Oakley

(1935 - 1991)

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