Mary Jane Fischbach, age 96, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Sunday April 9, 2017, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Mt. Carroll. Cremation rites have been accorded and there will be no services scheduled at this time. A memorial fund has been established in Mary’s memory.
Mary Jane was born February 28, 1921, in Mt. Carroll, the daughter of Carlos and Helen (Dodson) Eacker. She married Mason Coleman (deceased) and later married Robert Fischbach. Robert passed away in 1977. Mary worked as a bookkeeper for Pohill Implement in Milledgeville for many years. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sterling, Illinois.
Mary will be dearly missed by her son, Gregory (Joyce) Coleman of Milledgeville, Illinois; five grandchildren; and a sister, Delores Francis of Prophetstown, Illinois. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert; a step-son, Stan Fischbach; and three sisters.