Typed by: Jan Shelfer
FISCHER, LESLIE EUGENE
Surnames: FISCHER, MIMS, DICKERT, SPURLOCK, LITTEKEN
Leslie Eugene Fischer, b. 1923 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas-a son of Walter
Dan and Mabel Agnes (Mims) Fischer, graduated from Marlin High School. He served
in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II, and was reported missing in
action. With the help of the French Underground, he was able to evade the Nazi
Army until he was liberated by the Americans two months later.
After the war, in 1946, Leslie married Lola Dickert, born in Angleton, Brazoria
County, Texas. He went to work for the Fischer Company in the plumbing business
with his father and brothers until he became a rural mail carrier for the U.S.
Postal Service.
Leslie and Lola Fischer had three children-all born in Marlin, Texas: Steven Lee
Fischer, who married Linda Spurlock and resides in Mexia; Jean Marie Fischer,
who married Martin Litteken and resides in Wichita Falls, Texas; and John Davis
Fischer, who resides in Mexia, Texas.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 154, column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission