Joe Palooka creator Fisher found dead in studio
New York Ham Fisher, creator of Joe Palooka, was found dead in a friend's studio. Police reported two notes suggesting death by own action. Fisher, 54, left notes citing failing sight and diabetes and mentioned taking pills. The body was found by Morris Weiss in Moe Leff's studio in an apparent suicide. Fisher's wife Marilyn contacted Weiss after Fisher went missing from town. Fisher's mother and daughter Wendy Jervis Kehler survive, with Fisher having been a prominent cartoonist and former railroad executive and business director.
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New York
Ham Fisher
Joe
Fisher
Hammond Edward Fisher
Moe Leff
Pam
Morris Weiss
Englewood
N. J
Marilyn
Sp. m. Fisher
Wilkes-Barre
Joe Palooka
Lancaster and Chester Railroad
American Title and Mortgage Co
Miami
Fla
Armed Forces
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Air Force
Sadie B. Fisher
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Orangeville Christmas Visits Gather Dining Guests
Mrs. Glen E. Bolende hosted a Christmas gathering Monday at the Will Babler home with many relatives in attendance from Prairie Town City Janesville and Libertyville. The weekend included a Christmas dinner at the Frautschy home and other family visits across Iowa Illinois and Kansas.
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Jervis Kehler
Raymond Kopp
Kent
Earl Dittmar
Robert Oakes
Verona
Emerson Cain
Freeport
Gladys Fuhrmark
Chicago
Marvin Shippy
Orangeville
Gladys Puhrmark
Glen Bolender
Gerald Abraham
Scott
Elmer Krupke
South Beloit
Gilbert Abraham
Kermit Wolf
Keith Wolf
Darel
Zimmerman
Christine
Ed Stauffacher
Monroe
Howard Price
Evelyn
Astalula
Howard
Emory Price
Emil Schwitz
Lester Schulz
George Mohr
Richard Reuber
Milford Best
C. W. Frautschy
John Babler
Myron Babler
Mount Morris
Elver Wendlandt
Gordon and
Janis
Yates City
Roswell Babler
Ralph Babler
Paynsville
Minn
Hattie Wendlandt
Warren Bolling
Milwaukee
Wayne Miller
Hamily
LaVerne Crafton
Elva Turner
Roy Rui
C. B. Bridge
Robert Bridge
DeKalb
Rus
Se Ddrickson
J. Milton
Bastian
Virgil Dickinson
Clarence Witt
Melvin Malkow
Albany
Delbert Woolford
Edwin Witt
Curtis
James Thomas
Pearl City
Duane Witt
Jerry
Clarence | Witt
Ver
Witt and Family
Waterloo
J. E. Bostian
Milton Bostian
Will Babler
Delmar Babler
Prairie
Miss
Leo Babler
Forbes Air Force Base
Kas
C. F. Schriver
Libertyville
Boyd Babler
Eugene Rinehart
Donald Bennett
Crown Point
Ind
C.W. Frautschy
Bennett
Ray Frautschy
Polly
Linda
Sycamore
Vernon Pierce
Scotty and
Gregory
Town City
Virgil Scheider
Red Oak
Burt Rush
Rockford
Clifford Best
Winnebago
Kenneth Best
Byron
Sam Pinnow
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