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Billy Leathers “Bill” Fisk

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Billy Leathers “Bill” Fisk

Birth
College Mound, Macon County, Missouri, USA
Death
9 May 1996 (aged 76)
Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Bill Fisk, 76, of Centerville died Thursday, May 9, 1996, at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital.

He was born June 25, 1919, near Macon, Mo., the son of Boyd and Jennie (Leathers) Fisk.

On November 12, 1942, Billy L. Fisk was united in marriage to Ethelyn Ruth (Edwards) Fisk in Santa Monica, California where Billy was in the United States Army Air Corps. She survives.

Also surviving are a daughter and her husband; a sister Reta (Mrs. Millard) Clark of Raytown, Mo.; a brother, J.B. Fisk and,his wife, Marjorie, of Belton, Mo.; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He served in the Army during World War II. He and his wife lived in Kansas City. Mo., then in 1950 he and his family moved to Cowgill, Mo., where he operated a grocery store for eight years. They moved to Centerville in 1958 and opened a Davis Paint Store on the north side of the square until retirement in 1981. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Centerville.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Monday, at the Schmidt-Duley Funeral Home in Centerville with the Rev. Jim Gubser officiating. Burial with full military rites will be at the Oakland Cemetery in Centerville. Visitation was held Sunday and friends may call from 8 a.m. today until time of services.

A memorial has been established to the First United Methodist Church and contributions may be left at the funeral home.

Ad Express Daily Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa, Monday, May 13, 1996 page 2
Bill Fisk, 76, of Centerville died Thursday, May 9, 1996, at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital.

He was born June 25, 1919, near Macon, Mo., the son of Boyd and Jennie (Leathers) Fisk.

On November 12, 1942, Billy L. Fisk was united in marriage to Ethelyn Ruth (Edwards) Fisk in Santa Monica, California where Billy was in the United States Army Air Corps. She survives.

Also surviving are a daughter and her husband; a sister Reta (Mrs. Millard) Clark of Raytown, Mo.; a brother, J.B. Fisk and,his wife, Marjorie, of Belton, Mo.; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He served in the Army during World War II. He and his wife lived in Kansas City. Mo., then in 1950 he and his family moved to Cowgill, Mo., where he operated a grocery store for eight years. They moved to Centerville in 1958 and opened a Davis Paint Store on the north side of the square until retirement in 1981. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Centerville.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Monday, at the Schmidt-Duley Funeral Home in Centerville with the Rev. Jim Gubser officiating. Burial with full military rites will be at the Oakland Cemetery in Centerville. Visitation was held Sunday and friends may call from 8 a.m. today until time of services.

A memorial has been established to the First United Methodist Church and contributions may be left at the funeral home.

Ad Express Daily Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa, Monday, May 13, 1996 page 2


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