Pantagraph - September 12, 1956
Charles Fisher
PAXTON —(PNS)— Charles Fisher, 83, a blacksmith in Downs for 48 years before coming to Paxton four years ago, died at 8 a. m. Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Henry Gay. He had been bedfast a week, and death was attributed to infirmities of old I age.
His funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Downs Methodist Church, with burial in Hopewell Cemetery at Downs. Visitation will begin Wednesday afternoon at the Brown Funeral Home.
Mr. Fisher was born Sept. 9, 1873, in Kentucky, a son of Silas and Delilah Kimbrell Fisher. He married Eva Lee Walden Dec. 18, 1895, at Richmond, Ky. The family moved to Downs in 1903. Mrs. Fisher died in 1919. He later married Ida Howes. She died in 1947.
Another daughter, Mrs. Helen Snyder, lives at Watseka. A daughter and a son also preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Downs Methodist Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge and the Masonic Lodge in Kentucky.
Charles Fisher
PAXTON —(PNS)— Charles Fisher, 83, a blacksmith in Downs for 48 years before coming to Paxton four years ago, died at 8 a. m. Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Henry Gay. He had been bedfast a week, and death was attributed to infirmities of old I age.
His funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Downs Methodist Church, with burial in Hopewell Cemetery at Downs. Visitation will begin Wednesday afternoon at the Brown Funeral Home.
Mr. Fisher was born Sept. 9, 1873, in Kentucky, a son of Silas and Delilah Kimbrell Fisher. He married Eva Lee Walden Dec. 18, 1895, at Richmond, Ky. The family moved to Downs in 1903. Mrs. Fisher died in 1919. He later married Ida Howes. She died in 1947.
Another daughter, Mrs. Helen Snyder, lives at Watseka. A daughter and a son also preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Downs Methodist Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge and the Masonic Lodge in Kentucky.
Pantagraph - September 12, 1956
Charles Fisher
PAXTON —(PNS)— Charles Fisher, 83, a blacksmith in Downs for 48 years before coming to Paxton four years ago, died at 8 a. m. Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Henry Gay. He had been bedfast a week, and death was attributed to infirmities of old I age.
His funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Downs Methodist Church, with burial in Hopewell Cemetery at Downs. Visitation will begin Wednesday afternoon at the Brown Funeral Home.
Mr. Fisher was born Sept. 9, 1873, in Kentucky, a son of Silas and Delilah Kimbrell Fisher. He married Eva Lee Walden Dec. 18, 1895, at Richmond, Ky. The family moved to Downs in 1903. Mrs. Fisher died in 1919. He later married Ida Howes. She died in 1947.
Another daughter, Mrs. Helen Snyder, lives at Watseka. A daughter and a son also preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Downs Methodist Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge and the Masonic Lodge in Kentucky.
Charles Fisher
PAXTON —(PNS)— Charles Fisher, 83, a blacksmith in Downs for 48 years before coming to Paxton four years ago, died at 8 a. m. Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Henry Gay. He had been bedfast a week, and death was attributed to infirmities of old I age.
His funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Downs Methodist Church, with burial in Hopewell Cemetery at Downs. Visitation will begin Wednesday afternoon at the Brown Funeral Home.
Mr. Fisher was born Sept. 9, 1873, in Kentucky, a son of Silas and Delilah Kimbrell Fisher. He married Eva Lee Walden Dec. 18, 1895, at Richmond, Ky. The family moved to Downs in 1903. Mrs. Fisher died in 1919. He later married Ida Howes. She died in 1947.
Another daughter, Mrs. Helen Snyder, lives at Watseka. A daughter and a son also preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Downs Methodist Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge and the Masonic Lodge in Kentucky.
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