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Amarlyiss Gerstad Fischer

Amarlyiss Gerstad Fischer

Posted: 2 Feb 2015 5:10AM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Dalby, Fischer, Gjerstad, Bjornlie, Thomas, Redlin



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Amaryllis J. Fischer
(March 9, 1927 - January 16, 2015)
Amaryllis J. Fischer

AMARYLLIS J. FISCHER, age 87, a resident of Irving, Texas since 1985, went to be with the Lord Friday, January 16, 2015 at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HEB. Amaryllis was born March 9, 1927 in Bertha, Minnesota to John Gjerstad and Matilda Dalby Gjerstad. She was stricken with polio at 17, and spent her entire life conquering those challenges. Amaryllis married Rev. Alvin P. Fischer on September 29, 1946 in Bertha, Minnesota. She committed her life to her family and Christian faith, raising five children and ministering alongside her husband who pastored congregations in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Texas. Amaryllis was a member of Living Word Global Church in Irving. Survivors include her husband, Alvin of Irving; daughters, Diane Bjornlie and husband Curtis of Euless, Marella Thomas and husband James of Roanoke, Mary Beth Redlin and husband Terry of Goodland, Kansas; sons, Barry Fischer and Debra of Irving, Timothy Fischer and wife Mary Kaye of Holmen, Wisconsin; 16 grandchildren; and 25 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Donnelly’s Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, 606 West Airport Freeway in Irving. Service will be held at 12:00 noon, Thursday, January 22, 2015 in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at 2:00 pm at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, Texas.

She was my mother in law.


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