Raymond Morris Fisher
(1886-1967)
Elsie M. Klopp
(1888-1985)
Helen M. Fisher
(1913-2004)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry Joseph F. Bicher
2. Gilbert O. Driesbach

Helen M. Fisher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 27 Aug 1913, Mount Aetna, Berks, PA 4 5 9 10
  • Marriage (1): Henry Joseph F. Bicher on 10 Aug 1948 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (2): Gilbert O. Driesbach
  • Died: 27 Sep 2004, Myerstown, Lebanon, PA at age 91 4 5 9
  • Buried: Mount Aetna: St. John's Cemetery, Berks, PA 4 5

   Another name for Helen was Helen M. Driesbach.9

   FamilySearch ID: L81D-S84.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Daily News: Marriage License: Henry T. Bicher, salesman, 27 E Main Street, Myerstown, son of Morris Bicher, and Helen M. Fisher, bank teller, 327 W Main Street, Myerstown, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Raymond M. Fisher, 5 Aug 1948, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 11

2. Newspaper: Daily News: Fisher-Bicher Wedding, 16 Aug 1948, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 2 The marriage of Miss Helen M. Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Fisher, of Myerstown, and Henry J. Bicher, son of Morris Bicher, Jr., also of Myerstown, took place in Zion Reformed Church, Womelsdorf, with the Rev. Harvey J. Miller officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Bicher will be at home at 133 South Locust Street, Myerstown.

3. Census in 1950 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. 12 The 1950 census recorded at 133 S Locust Street: Henry J. Bicher, salesman for beer distributor, 41, living with wife Helen, 36. They were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Residence: 133 S. Locust Street, Myerstown, PA on 18 Jan 1950 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. 7

5. Obituary: Lebanon Daily News: obituary of Helen M. Driesbach on 28 Sep 2004 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 4 Helen M. Driesbach, 91, formerly of Jefferson Avenue, Myerstown, and Phoebe Berks Home, Wernersville, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, in the ECC Retirement Village - StoneRidge Village Campus Health Care Center, Myerstown. She was the wife of the late Gilbert O. Driesbach, who died in 1982, and the late Henry J. Bicher, who died in 1966.

Born Aug. 27, 1913, in Mt. Aetna, she was the daughter of the late Raymond M. and Elsie M. Klopp Fisher. She was a 1930 graduate of Myerstown High School and a 1931 graduate of Bauer's Secretarial School. She worked as a teller at the Myerstown National Bank for many years. From 1951-66, she and her first husband owned Bicher Beverage Distributors, Lebanon. After selling the distributorship, she worked at American Bank & Trust Co., Myerstown, for many years. She was a member of St. John's Church, Mt. Aetna.

She was the last of her immediate family.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Grose Funeral Home, 358 W. Washington Ave., Myerstown. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Mt. Aetna.


Helen married Henry Joseph F. Bicher, son of Morris Henry Bicher and Clara Emma Spangler, on 10 Aug 1948 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA.1 2 (Henry Joseph F. Bicher was born on 7 Jul 1908 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA 6 7 13 14 15 16 17, christened on 10 Nov 1908 in Myerstown: Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA,14 died on 18 Mar 1966 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA 3 6 14 16 17 and was buried on 21 Mar 1966 in Mount Aetna: St. John's Cemetery, Berks, PA 6 14 16 17.)


Helen next married Gilbert O. Driesbach. (Gilbert O. Driesbach was born on 13 Sep 1899 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA,18 19 20 died in Sep 1982 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA 18 20 and was buried in Robesonia: Heidelberg Cemetery, Berks, PA 18.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFSC-17J Henry J. Bicher and Helen M. Fisher, 1948.

2 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 16 Aug 1948, page 3. Fisher-Bicher Wedding.

3 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), March 18, 1966, page 1. News article about death of Henry J. Bicher.

4 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 28 Sep 2004, obituary of Helen M. Driesbach.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85671373.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 026995-66 Henry J. Bicher, father Morris Bicher, mother Emma Spangler, sopuse Helen FIsher Bicher.

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Applications, WWII, 1950, Henry J. Bicher, Myerstown, PA.

8 The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.), 19 Mar 1966, page 8. Obituary of Henry J. Bicher.

9 Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V91N-QJX Helen M Driesbach, 27 September 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

10 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6T5-GZ6 Helen Dreisbach in household of George Dreisbach, , Dauphin, Pennsylvania; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9A, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T625.

11 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 5 Aug 1948, page 40.

12 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBY-VS5S Henry J. Bicher, Myerstown, PA.

13 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, South Jackson Township, Series: T624 Roll: 1362 Page: 48.

14 Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, Myerstown, Lebanon Co., PA.

15 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Pennsylvania Birth Certificate (http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=229939
Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records
101 South Mercer Street
PO Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16101
(724) 656-3100), PA Birth Certificate 76937.

16 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 (Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Bicher, Henry.

17 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85671329.

18 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89869858.

19 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6J1-1P4 Gilbert Ocn Driesbach, 1917-1918.

20 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JB57-3Y4 Gilbert Driesbach, Sep 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).


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