I. G. Fisher

Irwin (Irvin) Gilbert (I. G.) "Fish" Fisher Birth 6 Oct 1870 Whitley County, Indiana Death 6 Feb 1933 (aged 62) Union Township, Marshall County, Indiana Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana

Citizen 1933 Feb 08
I. G. FISHER DIES OF HEART TROUBLE
FUNERAL IS TODAY
Superintendent of Water Department Ill But Two Weeks; Was 62 Years Old.
I. G. Fisher, superintendent of the Culver Water Department, passed away Monday afternoon at his home of heart trouble, from which he had been ill since January 18.

He was 62 years of age. He was born in Whitley County, Indiana, October 6, 1870, where he spent his early life.

About 40 years ago he moved to Culver, first being associated with Captain Crooks in operating boats on Lake Maxinkuckee.

Later he was employed at the Culver Military Academy for a short period and then became associate with the town of Culver, first as town marshal and later in charge of the water department, in which capacity he served for 12 years. In connection with the latter office he also served as health officer for several years.

Mr. Fisher was married to Mrs. Blanche M. Goldner on March 29, 1905, who survives him, as do two sons, Russell and Ray, both of Culver; two sisters, Mrs. Emma J. Mann of Lutz, Florida, and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Peru, Ind.; and one brother, Elza Fisher of Chicago.

Mr. Fisher took the town water works when it was an antiquated and unsatisfactory plant and through the years has built it into a modern and efficient system. He was rightly proud of the fact that his capable management had allowed the town to make improvements to the water works without cost to the taxpayer, and he lived to see his latest project completed and put into effect - the new water wells just five days before his death.

Funeral services were held this afternoon in the Culver Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. W. B. Warriner officiating.

Interment was in the Culver cemetery.

The obituary is given on another page of this issue.


Culver Citizen 1933 Feb 08 Page 3
I. G. FISHER

Irvin Gilbert Fisher, son of Jeremiah and Rachel Fisher, was born in Whitley Co., Indiana, October 6th, 1870, and died at his home in Culver, Indiana, February 6th, 1933 at the age of 62 years and 4 months.

His early life was spent in the vicinity of his birthplace and he has been a resident of Culver for perhaps forty years.

He was employed here at Lake Maxinkuckee for many years by Captain Crooks and later at Culver Military Academy for a short time.

He served the City of Culver as Town Marshal for some time and was also employed as the health officer. And now for the last twelve years he has been in charge of the Culver City Water Works.

Mr. Fisher was married on March 29, 1905, to Mrs. Blanche M. Goldner of Cassopolis, Mich.

Later in 1921 he adopted as his own her two sons, Russell and Ray Goldner and they are well known in our community as Russell Fisher and Ray Fisher. He also made a home for another boy, Walter Shaw and sponsored his education until he finished the High School.

He was in public service for so long and was so well known that his genial spirit made for him a wide circle of friends. He was a great lover of his home and the finest things of life.

He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge.

He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and one brother, Firmer Fisher.

He leaves to mourn his loss, two sisters, Mrs. Emma J. Mann of Lutz, Fla., and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Peru, Ind., one brother, Elza Fisher of Chicago, Ill., the wife, Mrs. Blanche M. Fisher and sons, Russell Fisher and Ray Fisher and one grandson, Mark Irvin Fisher, all of Culver.

"Sunset and evening star,
And on clear call for me;
And may there be no moaning of bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep -
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark;
For, though from out our bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar." -Tennyson.

married 29 Mar 1905 Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan Blanche M. Hand Birth 16 Feb 1880 Argos, Green Twp., Marshall County, Indiana, Death 19 Jun 1965 Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana Burial Jun 21, 1965 Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana daughter of Myron Elmer Hand and Mary McGuire

married 1st 28 Feb 1894 Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan Charles Newton Goldner Birth 30 May 1873 Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas Death 2 Jun 1936 Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan Burial Jun 5 1936 Shanghai Cemetery Eau Claire, Berrien County, Michigan son of Joseph Goldner and Mary Agnes Noe He married 2nd 1905 Lola M. Moore (1889–1972)

South Bend Tribune Jun 20, 1965 ·Page 56
Mrs. Blanche M. Fisher

CULVER - Mrs. Blanche M. Fisher, 85, of 404 E. Washington St., Culver, died at 7 a.m. Saturday at Parkview Hospital, Plymouth, after a two-year illness.

Born Feb. 16, 1880, in Argos, she had lived in Culver most of her life, and was a member of the Culver Methodist Church.

Her husband, Irvin Fisher, to whom she was married in 1905 in St. Joseph, Michigan, died in 1933.

A son, Russell, died in 1963.

Surviving are a son, Ray, of Culver; and three grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Easterday-Bonine Funeral Home in Culver, with Rev. Carl Baker, of the Culver Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in the Culver Masonic. Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Sunday.

Children (adopted by Irvin, mother Blanche)

Russell Verman Fisher Birth Date 14 Mar 1895 Marshall County, Indiana Death 16 Feb 1963 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, married 20 Jun 1929 Indiana, Beulah Bolen Birth 1904 Death 2004 Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, daughter of Eddie Rea Bolen and Estella Ettie "Stella" Pipe married 1st Clifford Benjamin Nolin Child
Mark Irvin Fisher


James Leonard Ray Fisher Birth 13 Sep 1898 Indiana Death 3 Apr 1968 Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana Burial Apr. 5 1968 Culver Masonoic Cemetery, Culver, Marshall County, Indiana married 22 Jun 1926 Alice Elsinore “Allie” Wiseman Birth 12 Jun 1890 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, Death 9 Dec 1970 (aged 80) Culver, Marshall County, Indiana Burial Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, daughter Dr. Benjamin Winfield Scott Wiseman and Roseline Mary Buswell

 
Michigan, County Marriage Records, 1822-1940 
Name	Charles Goldner
Gender	Male
Age	19
Birth Date	abt 1875
Marriage Date	28 Feb 1894
Marriage Place	Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan, USA
Father	Joseph Goldner
Mother	Agnes Goldner (Leonard)
Spouse	Blanche Hand
Film Number	000945411 
Name	Blanche Hand
Gender	Female Age	18
Birth Date	abt 1876 [abt 1876]
Marriage Date	28 Feb 1894
Marriage Place	Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan, USA
Father Elmer Hand
Mother Mary Hand (McGuire)
Spouse	 Charles Goldner
Film Number	000945411

1900 United States Federal Census 
Name	Blanch Goldner
Age	20
Birth Date	
Birthplace	Indiana, USA
Home in 1900	South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana
Ward of City	4th
Street	St Louis
House Number	234
Sheet Number	4
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation	63
Family Number	71
Race	White
Gender	
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Spouse's Name	Chas Goldner
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Household members
Name	Age
Nelson Leonard	51
Mary A Leonard	49
Chas Goldner	26
Blanch Goldner	20
Russel Goldner	5
Ray Golder	1 

Michigan, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1822-1940  
Name	Irven G. Fisher 
Gender	Male 
Age	35 
Birth Date	abt 1870 
Marriage Date	29 Mar 1905  
Marriage Place	Cassopolis, Cass, Michigan, USA 
Father	Jeramiah Fisher   
Mother	Rachael Fisher 
Spouse	Blanche M. Goldnes 
Film Number	001021046  
Name	Blanche M. Goldnes[Blanche M. Hand] ch
Gender	Female 
Age	25 
Birth Date	abt 1880[abt 1880] 
Marriage Date	29 Mar 1905 
Marriage Place	Cassopolis, Cass, Michigan, USA 
Father Elmer Hand 
Mother Mary McGuire 	
SpouseIrven G Fisher
Film Number	001021046

1910 United States Federal Census

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Record details
Name	Blanch M Fisher
Age in 1910	30
Birth Date	1880
Birthplace	Indiana
Home in 1910	Culver Ward 2, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Sheet Number	5a
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Marital Status	Married
Father's Birthplace	Indiana
Mother's Birthplace	Indiana
Native Tongue	English
Able to read	Y
Able to Write	Y
Enumeration District Number	0113
Years Married	5
Number of Children Born	2
Number of Children Living	2
Enumerated Year	1910
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Household members
Name	Age
Irvin G Fisher	40
Blanch M Fisher	30
James McGuire	84
Russel V Goldner	15
James R Goldner	12
Merle Carrothers	23