January 31, 1929 - October 22, 2021
Violet Verna Littke Fischer, 92, was born at home in Mercer, North Dakota, and died October 22, 2021, Lodi, California.
She moved to the Lodi area in September 1932 with her parents, Vernon and Emma Bohnet Littke. She attended Alpine (grammar) School in Victor and graduated from Lodi High School in 1946. Violet worked as bookkeeper for Lodi Truck Service for five years. She met and married Milton Fischer in 1948 at First Baptist Church where they sang in choir together and she played the piano for the men’s Chorus, Octet, and Quartets.
Violet was mostly a stay-at-home mother once her three boys arrived on the scene, Keith, Kent, and Bruce. She did work some summers at the cannery and for a time at Sears catalog store. She helped Milton with the five laundromats they owned over the years. In 1997 she worked accounts payable at Lodi Memorial Hospital until 2003. She volunteered at First Baptist Church and for 68 years played the piano for church services and various choirs. She enjoyed traveling.
She is survived by her three sons, Keith his wife Diane Linton of Sunnyvale; Kent and his wife Marjorie Cone of San Jose; and Bruce and his wife Janet Ashford of Newark, five grandchildren, Mark, Jennith Pinedo, David, Kathleen Speck, and Suzanne; and three great granddaughters, Mia, Gabriella, and Juliette Pinedo; niece, Renee Beerden and her children and grandchildren, and many in laws, too. She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton, parents, and her sister, Ruby Altnow.
SERVICES:
Graveside services will be heldon Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 1:00 p.m at Cherokee Memorial Park located at Harney Lane and Highway 99 in Lodi, California. Pastor Steve Newman officiating.
Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Fischer family.
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