ELLINWOOD — Eileen Fisher, age 81, entered the gates of heaven Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. She was born to Henry C. and Elsie E. (Miller) Hutchison, Oct. 7, 1940 at St. Rose Hospital, Great Bend, Kan. She was a lifelong resident of the Ellinwood area, attended Star School, District 30 near her family home east of Ellinwood, and graduated from Ellinwood High School in 1958.

Survivors include her husband, Stephen H. Fisher; two sons, Stephen L. Fisher (Kim), Wichita, Kan. and Scott M. Fisher (Tawnya), Overland Park, Kan.; one daughter, Jean R. Thiessen, Newton, Kan.; six grandchildren, Michele Fisher Grantham (Jason), Bonner Springs, Kan., Brent Fisher, Wichita, Kan., Nathan Fisher, Brett Fisher (Lindsey), Overland Park, Kan., Jill Fisher, Lawrence, Kan., Kyle Thiessen, Manhattan, Kan.; two great-grandsons, Hunter and Levi Grantham, Bonner Springs, Kan.; one brother, Melvin Hutchison (Sue), Worland, Wyo.; one sister, Shirley Sparks, Salina, Kan.  She was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church, Ellinwood, Kan., with burial following at Lakin Comanche Township Cemetery, Ellinwood. Visitation will be held at Minnis Chapel, Ellinwood, Kan. on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. with family present from 5 p.m. -7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to St. John Lutheran Church, Ellinwood.

Funeral arrangements provided by 

Minnis Chapel

113 N. Main Street

Ellinwood, KS  67526

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Nov. 10, 2021