Dr. Fischer

Alvin Max Fischer passed away October 13, 2007 at the age of 98 at the Palo Alto Nursing Center in Palo Alto, CA, after a short illness. Funeral Services will be held Friday, October 19, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at First Christian Church, Temple, with Jerry Kirkpatrick and Gary Kleypas officiating. Entombment will follow in Bellwood Mausoleum.

Alvin is survived by his son, Michael, of Palo Alto, three grandchildren, Theresa Adamson, of Jonesville, SC; Karl Fischer, of Pittsburgh, PA and Monika Fischer, of Seattle, WA; and four great-grandchildren.

Alvin was born and raised on a farm outside Buckholts, TX, graduated in 1936 from the Texas Chiropractic College in Houston, TX and became licensed to practice chiropractic in California, Kansas and Texas. He practiced as a chiropractor in Coleman, TX until 1960 when he moved to Temple, TX to join his brother Walter in the Fischer Chiropractic Clinic at 315 N. Third St. until he retired in 1976. He was an active member of the Texas Chiropractic Association and Texas Chiropractic Alumni Association and served as president in 1972.

He was pre-deceased by his parents, Emanuel and Martha Matilda Richter Fischer and all of his siblings; six brothers and two sisters. In 1938 he and Maxine Harrison of Coleman were married. They had one son, Michael C. Fischer, an electronics engineer. After the death of his wife of 63 years, he moved from Temple, TX to Palo Alto, CA to be near his son Michael.

Alvin was very active in the First Christian churches in Coleman and Temple where he served as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, elder and chairman of the board of elders, sang in the chancel choir, and volunteered for many duties. He was a 50 year Monarch member of the Lions International, Temple Lions Club. He was a 50 year life member of the Masonic Lodge, achieved the 32nd degree in the Masonic Order and a Shriner. He was a life member of the National Rifle Association and an active member of the American Association of Retired People.

Alvins early avocations were hunting and horseback riding. After retiring, Alvin took up golf and became an avid golfer.

Alvin will be missed by his family, his patients, his church and golf friends, his neighbors and all who knew him for his sensitive, caring nature and his gentle sense of humor. As he went through life he set the ideal example of leaving the world a better place than he found it.

Visitation will be held Friday, October 19, 2007 from 10:00-12:00 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple.
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Visitation

HarperTalasek Funeral Home
500 W. Barton Ave.
Temple, TX  76501
Friday, October 19, 2007
10:0012:00

Service

Church Service

First Christian Church
300 N. 5th
Temple, TX  76501
Friday, October 19, 2007
2:00 p.m.

Cemetery

Bellwood Memorial ParkH
8575 Airport Road
Temple, TX  76504