Elizabeth Fisher DeBacker

1873 - 1950  (76 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Fisher DeBacker
  Born	11 Apr 1873	Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Mar 1950	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3312	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	John G Fischer,   b. 24 Apr 1843,   d. 28 Jan 1900  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Mary E Miller Fischer,   b. 1849,   d. 20 Sep 1908  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F1600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hermes DeBacker,   b. Belgium ,   d. 4 Apr 1914
  Married	1894
  Children	+ 1. Marie DeBacker Cowan,   b. 29 May 1898, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 4 Jul 1973, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 75 years)   2. Edna DeBacker Hartley   3. Virginia DeBacker Bailey,   b. 11 Apr 1908, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Mar 1978, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida  (Age 69 years)   4. Francis Hermes DeBacker,   b. 6 May 1903, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 19 Mar 1986, Salina, Saline County, Kansas  (Age 82 years) + 5. George W DeBacker,   b. 24 Dec 1900, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 25 Dec 1974, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 74 years)   6. Jeannette DeBacker,   d. 1920
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2016 09:19:11
  Family ID	F1470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- DeBacker, Elizabeth DEATH CLAIMS MRS. DEBACKER Mrs. Elizabeth DeBacker, 76, a res¬ident of this township, Sandy Hook and Kaw township from 1880 until 1914, passed away March 14, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Cowan, at Roseville, the victim of a bronchial condition. She was the scion of an old S.M.; family, the daughter of John and Mary Fisher, who came from Penn¬sylvania in 1880 to reside on a farm along the old Golden Belt road, west of St. Marys. She was born in the Quaker state at Williamsport, on April 11, 1873. At the Immaculate Conception church in 1894 she was wedded to Hermes DeBacker who preceded her in death by several decades. To this union six children were born and five survive. Jeannette died in 1920. Mrs. DeBacker moved with her family to Delia in 1914. The five children surviving are George DeBacker of Delia, Francis De¬Backer of Topeka, state secretary of Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus; Mrs. Lloyd Cowan of Rossville; Mrs. Edna Hartley and Mrs. Virginia Bailey of Topeka. A sister also survives, Mrs. George Ronnau of Topeka, together with four brothers: John F. Fischer of Wood River, Nebraska; Will Fischer, George Fischer and Harry Fischer of Los Angeles. There are seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A requiem Mass was sung by Fa¬ther Berens in the Catholic church here Thursday morning. Interment was in Mt Calvary cemetery. The pallbearers, including four grandsons, were Kenneth Cowan, Har¬old Heath, George DeBacker Jr. and Gerald DeBacker, Paul Hoizmeister and Robert Entsminger. —St. Marys Star.