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Julie Fisher


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Posted Online: Dec. 07, 2012, 5:45 pm
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Julie L. Fisher, 46, of Erie, formerly of Geneseo, passed away Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at O.S.F. St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at the Geneseo Chapel of Vandemore Funeral Homes, the Rev. Rod Dye will officiate. Burial will follow in North Cemetery, Geneseo. Visitation for Julie will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to the Julie Fisher Memorial Fund.
Julie was born Jan. 26, 1966, in Riceville, Iowa, the daughter of Eugene and Shirley Haugland Fisher. She was a 1984 graduate of J.D. Darnall High School, Geneseo. Julie worked at Tyson Foods in Joslin for 13 years where she was a union steward, prior to that she farmed with her father in rural Yorktown/ Prophetstown.
Julie loved spending time with her daughter, Shauna as well as doing ceramics, playing cards and playing with Daisy Mae, her dog.
Julie is survived by her daughter, Shauna Fisher, Erie; her parents, Gene and Shirley Fisher, Geneseo; two sisters and spouses, Deb Carpenter (Glenn Johnson), Prophetstown and Denise (Mike) Ward, Geneseo; two nephews, Brad (Joleen) Carpenter and Andy (Mallorie) Ward; two nieces, Samantha (Curt) Busse and Sarah Ward; three great-nieces; and one great-nephew. Julie was preceded in death by her brother, Michael Fisher; and her grandparents.
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