Dorothy B. Fisher

AIKEN, SC – Dorothy Beach Fisher died peacefully Nov. 5, 2014, in Aiken, SC. Dorothy was born on March 10, 1920, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She graduated high school and earned her BA degree from Cornell College in her hometown, where she majored in music. She had a lovely contralto voice and sang in choruses, at weddings, and she soloed frequently in Handel’s Messiah. She also loved reading, doing cross stitch, and playing golf. She taught school in Iowa and Minnesota before marrying Robert Louis Fisher on August 19, 1945, after he returned home from flying a B-24 bomber during World War II. He went to work for International Harvester and they moved throughout the US before retiring from IH. They moved to North Carolina before settling in Sumter, SC, and then Aiken, SC. Robert died Dec. 31, 2009. They had one child who died in infancy. Dorothy is survived by her nieces Janet Winzenburger of Berea, OH, Carol Tolbert (William) of Fredericksburg, VA, her sister-in-law Mildred Knight and her nephew James and his wife, Karin, of Aiken, SC. There will be no Memorial Service. Robert’s and Dorothy’s ashes will be interred in Mount Vernon, IA, at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to her last home, Trinity on Laurens, or any First Tee. SHELLHOUSE-RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD, AIKEN, SC. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Dorothy B. Fisher, please visit our flower store.