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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Jul 1939, p. 47

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He is survived by his widow, and by six children, Harold, Richard, Rodney, Ronald, Ralph, and Mar- garet Mary, ail of the same.address. He is also. survived by a'broter Georige, who lives, next door at 1933 * Wilmette 'avenue. Mr. Fischer lived on Wilm ette avenue ail of his life. He had been a carpenter, and for the four,*.ears preceding his death a Wilmette postrnan. He mas also a member'of the Peter J. Huerter .Post of the Amnerican Legion, and' had served. it >as cmadrand historian. At the time. of bis dleath he was Legion delegate to the Seventh district. Legionnaires served' as pal bearers at the funeral services, and last rites were conducted at Saàcred Heur-t cemeteryý by sailors fromn Great Lakes Naval station, where Mi-. Fischer was posted during the. World war. ueorge Anrew narper, a former grand-mother of Mi-sg Cl-ara. Maas, resident of Wilmette, and. dean of Who lives at 2204 Thornwood, ave- boys at Ne*. Trier High school from nue, Wilmette. 1918 to 1927, died last Friday in Hon- Ms. asbr » oema oluu, oliwin anemegeny oer-came to Chicago i1855 and, had ation. Mr. Harper,* 60, years old, resided, there until her death., As lived in Tucson,, Ariz., Where he, was.oe0 hcg' ai etes h vi ,a chsieo! thSoorernBoiwas able to recalmany imteresting zonaSchol or oys.He ad eenincidents about. the citys history, vacationing in Honolulu at the time'ariurlofheCvlw ,r. of his death. priual !teCvlwrea He is the, brother of J. R. Harper,, Besides her granddaughter, Mrs. superintendent of the Wilmette pub- ýMaas is survived by. a grandson, lic schools. Besides hs brother -and Frederick Philip Maas of Chicago. a sisteir, Mrs. Albert Bickett,- of, Her husband and son preceeded Xenia,. Ohîo,'he is survived by his her in ,death. widow, 'the former Mary Ellen Sy- Funeral services and intermnent der, and two daughters, Helen adwere. at, Waldhheim cemnetery on Mary, ail o! Tucson.. Wedniesday. Came t. ShoeIn,-.l19M Mr. Harper went to New Trier i 19M), five years atter the school Driver Arrested After opened, to teach mathematics, and shortly beame heaâ of1the Iflt1e- Gré'en fBayRoad Cras Ii maties department, which HpoaitJ.oGy, 0 akae he held until he was made dean. Hbr .Gr,8 akae His brother taught physies at the nlue, driving north on Green Bay scholurig prt f tis ameperoad at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, came hi- scho durnar !tissm tp-o> collision at Washington avenue SMr. Harper had been a rheumatic with a car driven by Leo Iinsate, cripple ail of his life, from the time of Glenview, also going north on he suffered an arthritis attack at Green Bay road. the. age of seventeen. During his lat- Police investigation showed that ter New Trier days, as a matter of Gary had stopped to let southbound fact, he waq nabe to Pet arunA tin traffic clear, then signaled frta n ft Besides ner motlier anid fther, Miss Ragsdale is surived ,by thi-es sisters, hMrs. ,Frank L.* Shauitz of Ap- pleton, -Wis., Mrs. L. G. Wood of New York, and. Barbara- of Wil- mette; anda brother, John, also of She is also survived by,.a. great aunt, Mrs. Flora M'. Wood, and an uncle, Sterling M. Wood, wlth whom she had'been living i Bilngs for several years. MONUMENTs Suqierioer Quaity-rl&wer C<at HelgtulService - ne ObIIga" mowu S. mOSRuSON' Firnt Natiomld e* Dauqg Ul. 4f73 kvauuim WI»a &ISS VVIJJL IC lvqil - V aumes zumpson 1 Russell, a former pi-esident of the cago and had lived in Winnetka for Theatre o the museum, and no village of Giencoe. 17 years. tickets for admission are needed. mA Iu .In addition to Mr. Russell, she is In addition to hier husband she Children from ail parts.of Chlicago s3urvived by three daughters, Eileen, leaves ,a' son, John Jr., who attends and suburbs are invited.

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