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Louise
Fisher, 85
Thief
River Falls - Louise Fisher, 85, died Tuesday,
October 1, 2002 at Oakland Park Nursing Home in
Thief River Falls.
Mass
of Christian Burial was on Saturday, October 5 at
St. Bernard's 
Catholic
Church with Rev. Tim McGee officiating. Laura
Brickson was the organist and Jane Mattson was the
cantor. Casketbearers were Louise's children and
honorary casketbearers were her grandchildren.
Interment was in St. Bernard's Cemetery.
Louise
Mary Rolland was born on June 23, 1917, the
daughter of Seraphine and Augustine (Andrieux)
Rolland in Grand Plain Township of Marshall County.
She was baptized and confirmed into the Catholic
faith in Mavie and attended Germantown Elementary
School. She graduated from Lincoln High School in
1934. Following high school, she attended Bemidji
State Teachers College and received her A.A.
teaching degree in December 1936. Louise taught in
rural schools in the Goodridge area for four years.
On June 8, 1940, Louise was united in marriage to
Edward Fisher at St. Ann's Catholic Church in
Goodridge. The couple farmed near Goodridge until
1950 when they moved to Thief River
Falls.
Louise
was a devoted wife and mother who raised her ten
children in the Catholic church, teaching them
about love, sharing, caring and being themselves.
She also passed along her love of reading,
gardening, birds and flowers. When she had time,
she enjoyed painting and drawing.
She
was a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church,
where she was active in the Guild and Catholic
Daughters. Louise was very instrumental in
developing the Falls Day Activities Center (DAC) in
Thief River Falls and served on the board for the
Falls DAC and the Association for Retarded Citizens
(ARC) for many years.
Survivors
include nine children, James (Janet) Fisher of
Thief River Falls, Mary Lou (Harold) Jasken of
Alexandria, Gene (Sheila Kendro) Fischer of San
Diego, Calif., Veronica Fisher of Asheville, N.C.,
Marty Fisher of San Diego, Calif., Ann Marie
(Douglas Kreider) Fisher of Kaneohe, Hawaii,
Virginia (John Canfield) Fisher of Comptche,
Calif., Jerry (Peg Edel) Fisher of San Diego,
Calif., and Judith Mary Fisher of Thief River
Falls; ten grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren;
and one sister, Mary Rubash of New Lisbon,
Wisc.
Louise
was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,
Edward; a daughter, Florence Ann; a son, Cyril;
sisters, Lucy Rolland and Augustine Rolland;
brother, Marcel Rolland; daughter-in-law, Beverly
Fisher; brother-in-law, Gust Rubash; and a
grandson.
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