Ada Ruth Fisher

1921 - 2019

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Ada Ruth Fisher was born Aug. 8, 1921, in rural Kalona, Iowa, the daughter of Henry B. and Minnie (Knepp) Brenneman.  She graduated from Center High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College and Goshen College. 

On May 23, 1945, Ada married Waldo Fisher at the East Union Mennonite Church. They later divorced.  She has lived in the Kalona community all of her life where she taught school, was a homemaker, and worked as a nurse at the University of Iowa Hospital for 19 years. 

Ada was a member of the Kalona Mennonite Church, WMSC, Kountry Quilters and the Wellman Garden Club.  She volunteered at Pleasantview Home and Washington County Hospice. 

   Ada passed away on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at the Pleasantview Home in Kalona at the age of 98 years.

Ada is survived by her children: Elaine (Greg) Krehbiel of Moundridge, Kan., Dennis (Joyce) Fisher of Denver, Colo., Loren Fisher of Eureka, Calif., Marge (James) Curtis of Berkeley, Calif., Rosemary Fisher of Kalona, Wendell (Lynn) Fisher of Kalona, Fred Fisher of Sarasota, Fla., and Jerome (Beth) Fisher of Guernsey, Saskatchewan, Canada; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a sister: Lois Gugel of Kalona; and a brother: James (Eunice) Brenneman of Denver, Colo. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, and infant grandson; three sisters: Blanche Brenneman, Irene Brenneman, Virginia Ryan; and three brothers: David, Daniel and Wallace Brenneman.
Celebration of life service was held Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, at the Kalona Mennonite Church.  Rev. Scott Swartzendruber officiated.  Burial was in the Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona.  A memorial fund has been established for Kalona Mennonite Church and Iowa City Hospice.

Yoder-Powell Funeral Home of Kalona is caring for the family.