Jess D Fidler

1960 - 1981  (21 years)

• Name	Jess D Fidler
  Born	12 Jan 1960	Corning, Tehama County, California
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 May 1981	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3535	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Forrest Fidler
  Mother	Lela Hitchcock Fidler
  Family ID	F3080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - - Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Fidler, Jess 1 JESS D. FIDLER Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Parker-Price Mortuary, Topeka, for Jess D. Fidler, 21, Emmett, who died Friday, May 22, 1981, in a one-vehicle accident northwest of Rossville. A Shawnee County Sheriff's Department spokesman said the pickup Fidler was believed to be driving was northbound on Bailey Road, just south of 70th, at about 5 p.m. The spokesman said the pickup went out of control in an “S” curve, flipped once or twice, and landed upside down. Mr. Fidler was born January 12, I960, at Corning Calif., the son of Forrest and Lela Hitchcock Fidler. He had lived in the Emmett community since 1967, and attended Rossville High School. He was a member of A Company, 463rd Armored Division, stationed at Fort Riley. Survivors include his parents, Rossville; a sister, Mrs. Virgie Scheeley, Alamosa, Colo.; and a brother, Darrell D. Fidler, Mannhein, Germany. Military graveside services will be conducted in the Silver Lake Cemetery.
  		Obituary- Fidler, Jess 2 Jess Fidler Killed; Brother Injured Jess Fidler, Emmett, was killed and his brother was seriously injured early Friday evening, May 22, when the pickup truck in which they were riding went out of control northwest of Rossville and flipped once or twice, a Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said. Sgt. Billy Lewis identified the dead man as Jess D. Fidler, 21. Fidler, who was home from Mannheim, German where he is stationed at a U.S. Army base, was dead at the scene, said Lewis. The other brother, Darrell D. Fidler, 23, was admitted to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center where he underwent surgery late Friday. He suffered facial lacerations and was in satisfactory condition, according to a spokesman at the hospital. Lewis said Darrell was also in the Army, stationed at Fort Riley. Sgt. Lewis said the truck, believed to have been driven by the dead man, was northbound on Bailey Road, just south of 70th, at 5 p.m. when the accident occurred. The truck was headed into an “S” curve when it went out of control for 355 feet, flipping once or twice, Lewis said. The truck landed upside down. Jess was pinned inside the truck and Darrell was thrown from the vehicle, said Lewis. Mr. Fidler’s obituary is printed on page 2 of this issue.