Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries, Memorials, and Death Notices


Corsicana Daily Sun - Sept 5, 1996

Ivy Joe Rischer, Sr.
Sept 8, 1951 - Aug 30, 1996

Elder Ivy J. Rischer, 44, of Corsicana, died Aug. 30, 1996, in Baylor Medical 
Center of Dallas.

Visitation services will be from 10-5 Friday at Taylor Memorial Church of God in 
Christ in Corsicana.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Corsicana. 
Burial will take place at the Graceland Mausoleum in Resthaven Memorial Park.

A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Fairfield Church of God 
in Christ.

Mr. Rischer was born Sept. 8, 1951 in Fairfield. He was employed at the 
Transportation Dept. of the Community Transit. He was pastor of Faith Temple 
Church of God in Christ in Fairfield and served as finance chairman for the 
Corsicana district. Mr. Rischer accepted the call to the ministry under the 
pastorage of Elder Floyd G. Taylor. In 1993 he founded the Faith Temple Church of 
God in Christ in Fairfield, where he served as pastor until his demise.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Rischer; son, Ivy Joe Rischer Jr.; 
daughters, Demetria L. Rischer and Katrice L. Rischer; parents, Sylvester Rischer 
Jr. and Lula Mae Rischer; brothers, Sherwin Rischer; Jimmy Rischer and Dennis 
Rischer; God-sister, Cassandra English; spiritual parents, Elder Floyd and Helen 
Taylor; brothers-in laws and sisters-in-laws and other relatives and friends.

Arrangements by Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors, Inc.