Charles N. Fischer
Services will be at 10 am Tuesday at St. Vincent Catholic Church for Charles N. Fischer, 74, R.R.6, Shelbyville. Mr. Fischer died at 5:30 pm Friday at Brookwood Hospital, Orlando, FL., following a lengthy illness.
Burial will be in St. Vincent Cemetery, with the Rev. William Ernst officiating. Friends may call after 3 pm today at Carmony Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 8 pm. A lifelong Shelby County resident, farmer and seedman, Mr Fischer in 1938 founded the Fischer Seed Co. and was a pioneer in the hybrid see field. He was named World Corn King, the only person to capture the title six times, after which he judged many grain shows throughout the country. Mr. Fischer was a member of St. Vincent Catholic Church, Indiana Crop Improvement Association and Varmints Club and was a former membrer of the Shelby County Merit Board. Born in Shelby County on Sept. 24, 1907, Mr. Fischer was a son of Frank H. and Elizabeth (Schaf) Fischer. On Sept. 19, 1933, he married Dorothy M. Roell, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons and one daughter, Thomas E. Fischer, Mark C. Fischer, both of R.R.#6, Shelbyville; Mrs. Elizabeth "Libby" Hudson, R.R.#5 Shelbyville; Leonard "Nick" Fischer , Greenfield; and James E. Fischer, R.R. #1, Waldron.
Other survivors are one sister and one brother, Mrs. John (Lillian) Pollman, R.R.#6 Shelbyville, and Carl F. Fischer, Shelbyville; 14 granchildren; and two great grandchildren. Two brothers preceded in death.
The Shelbyville News-May 17, 1982 pg 2
Services will be at 10 am Tuesday at St. Vincent Catholic Church for Charles N. Fischer, 74, R.R.6, Shelbyville. Mr. Fischer died at 5:30 pm Friday at Brookwood Hospital, Orlando, FL., following a lengthy illness.
Burial will be in St. Vincent Cemetery, with the Rev. William Ernst officiating. Friends may call after 3 pm today at Carmony Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 8 pm. A lifelong Shelby County resident, farmer and seedman, Mr Fischer in 1938 founded the Fischer Seed Co. and was a pioneer in the hybrid see field. He was named World Corn King, the only person to capture the title six times, after which he judged many grain shows throughout the country. Mr. Fischer was a member of St. Vincent Catholic Church, Indiana Crop Improvement Association and Varmints Club and was a former membrer of the Shelby County Merit Board. Born in Shelby County on Sept. 24, 1907, Mr. Fischer was a son of Frank H. and Elizabeth (Schaf) Fischer. On Sept. 19, 1933, he married Dorothy M. Roell, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons and one daughter, Thomas E. Fischer, Mark C. Fischer, both of R.R.#6, Shelbyville; Mrs. Elizabeth "Libby" Hudson, R.R.#5 Shelbyville; Leonard "Nick" Fischer , Greenfield; and James E. Fischer, R.R. #1, Waldron.
Other survivors are one sister and one brother, Mrs. John (Lillian) Pollman, R.R.#6 Shelbyville, and Carl F. Fischer, Shelbyville; 14 granchildren; and two great grandchildren. Two brothers preceded in death.
The Shelbyville News-May 17, 1982 pg 2
Charles N. Fischer
Services will be at 10 am Tuesday at St. Vincent Catholic Church for Charles N. Fischer, 74, R.R.6, Shelbyville. Mr. Fischer died at 5:30 pm Friday at Brookwood Hospital, Orlando, FL., following a lengthy illness.
Burial will be in St. Vincent Cemetery, with the Rev. William Ernst officiating. Friends may call after 3 pm today at Carmony Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 8 pm. A lifelong Shelby County resident, farmer and seedman, Mr Fischer in 1938 founded the Fischer Seed Co. and was a pioneer in the hybrid see field. He was named World Corn King, the only person to capture the title six times, after which he judged many grain shows throughout the country. Mr. Fischer was a member of St. Vincent Catholic Church, Indiana Crop Improvement Association and Varmints Club and was a former membrer of the Shelby County Merit Board. Born in Shelby County on Sept. 24, 1907, Mr. Fischer was a son of Frank H. and Elizabeth (Schaf) Fischer. On Sept. 19, 1933, he married Dorothy M. Roell, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons and one daughter, Thomas E. Fischer, Mark C. Fischer, both of R.R.#6, Shelbyville; Mrs. Elizabeth "Libby" Hudson, R.R.#5 Shelbyville; Leonard "Nick" Fischer , Greenfield; and James E. Fischer, R.R. #1, Waldron.
Other survivors are one sister and one brother, Mrs. John (Lillian) Pollman, R.R.#6 Shelbyville, and Carl F. Fischer, Shelbyville; 14 granchildren; and two great grandchildren. Two brothers preceded in death.
The Shelbyville News-May 17, 1982 pg 2
Services will be at 10 am Tuesday at St. Vincent Catholic Church for Charles N. Fischer, 74, R.R.6, Shelbyville. Mr. Fischer died at 5:30 pm Friday at Brookwood Hospital, Orlando, FL., following a lengthy illness.
Burial will be in St. Vincent Cemetery, with the Rev. William Ernst officiating. Friends may call after 3 pm today at Carmony Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 8 pm. A lifelong Shelby County resident, farmer and seedman, Mr Fischer in 1938 founded the Fischer Seed Co. and was a pioneer in the hybrid see field. He was named World Corn King, the only person to capture the title six times, after which he judged many grain shows throughout the country. Mr. Fischer was a member of St. Vincent Catholic Church, Indiana Crop Improvement Association and Varmints Club and was a former membrer of the Shelby County Merit Board. Born in Shelby County on Sept. 24, 1907, Mr. Fischer was a son of Frank H. and Elizabeth (Schaf) Fischer. On Sept. 19, 1933, he married Dorothy M. Roell, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons and one daughter, Thomas E. Fischer, Mark C. Fischer, both of R.R.#6, Shelbyville; Mrs. Elizabeth "Libby" Hudson, R.R.#5 Shelbyville; Leonard "Nick" Fischer , Greenfield; and James E. Fischer, R.R. #1, Waldron.
Other survivors are one sister and one brother, Mrs. John (Lillian) Pollman, R.R.#6 Shelbyville, and Carl F. Fischer, Shelbyville; 14 granchildren; and two great grandchildren. Two brothers preceded in death.
The Shelbyville News-May 17, 1982 pg 2
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