Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tischer, Gerald H. 1994 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 10, 2012, 11:53 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, March 1, 1994 Gerald H. Tischer, 84, of Lake Odessa, died Monday, February 28, 1994, at Pennock Hospital. He was born April 20, 1909, in Elmdale the son of Garo and Sarah (Wieland) Tischer. He attended Star and Cheney Schools and was married to Fern Smith on January 16, 1932, in Lansing. Mr. Tischer lived and farmed in the Lake Odessa area most of his life. He was employed at General Motors Fisher Body in Lansing for 14 years, at the Hastings Ice and Fuel Co., the Stidham Gravel Company and was a bus driver for the Lakewood Public School for 22 years. Mr. Tischer attended and was active in the Lake Odessa Grace Brethren Church. He was a stock car enthusiast. He is survived by his wife Fern; three daughters, Janet Okrei of Gaylord, Linda Erb and Ann Marie Karrar of Lake Odessa; one son, Corwin Tischer of Lake Odessa; 27 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; two brothers, Kenneth Tischer of Grand Ledge, and Hollis Tischer of Drummond Island; one sister, Katherine Phelps of Lansing. He was preceded in death by one son, Cameron. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa, with the Rev. Gary Austin officiating. Burial will be in the Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions can be made to the Lakewood Community Ambulance. Arrangements have been made by the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/tischer18763nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb