OBITUARY: Julie (Haas) Fleischer, 1908-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; July 27, 1997]




                       Julie (Haas) Fleischer

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA-- Julie (Haas) Fleischer, 89, died Thursday, July 24,
(1997), at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minn., after a short illness.

Memorial services will be held on Tuesday at the Schroeder and Sites Funeral
Home, St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Gary Gonnerman officiating.  Burial will be
in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.

Julie was born June 25, 1908, to Stephen and Christina Haas in Szulok,
Hungary. She grew up in St. Ansgar and graduated from St. Ansgar High School.
She married the late Alfred John Fleischer on May 1, 1935. They made their
home in Wells, Minn. for 20 years. They moved to Sauk Rapids, Minn., where
they owned and operated the Farmers Feed and Grain.

Julie recently returned to her hometown of St. Ansgar, coming from St.
Cloud, Minn. While living in St. Cloud she operated a beauty shop in Cokato,
Minn.   She was a member of St. Augustine Parish in St. Cloud. Julie enjoyed
driving her friends to and from their various appointments. She also enjoyed
growing championship African Violets. She will be missed by her family and
friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alfred John Fleischer;
and grandson, Capt. Bradley K. Fleischer, USMC.

Julie is survived by two sons, Ron and his wife, Cindy, of Bakersfield,
Calif., and Phil and his wife, Noi, of St. Ansgar; grandsons, Steve and Mark
Fleischer of Bakersfield, Scott Fleischer and his wife, Victoria, of Apopka,
Fla., Jill and Keith Pickett of Bakersfield, and Rhea Fleischer;
great-grandchildren, Kristalyn, A.J. and Maria Fleischer of Twenty Nine
Palms, Calif.; one sister, Magdalin Haas of St. Ansgar; sister-in-law,
Hertha Fleischer of Winterset; nieces, Marjorie Stewart, Bernice Sprunger
and Carol Parker; and nephew, Jim Fleischer.



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