John Fisher
April 4, 1887-April 22, 1952
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 22, 1952, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
John Fisher, 65, of Decatur, father of Carl and Roy Fisher of Niles, died at 4:30 a.m. today at a hospital in Watervliet. He had been ill five months.
Funeral services will be held from the Kiger funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Russell Wright, of Decatur, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Survivors Include: the wife, Marvel; two other sons, Dwight,, of Edwardsburg and Jack, of South Bend; a daughter, Mrs. E.C. Fenters, of Long Beach, Cal.; 12 grandchildren; four sisters and three brothers.
Fisher, a carpenter by trade, was born in St. Joseph county, Ind., on April 4, 1887, and spent most of his life in Decatur.