Beaufort County Obituaries South Carolina

Mrs. A. Fischer Died Saturday Buried in Savannah Sunday Afternoon—Been in Beaufort many years Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Golinski Fischer, widow of Alexander Fischer, who died Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry S. Hausmann, 522 Maupas Avenue after a short illness, took place Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence. Joseph Mendes, in the absence of Rev George Solomon, D. D., rabbi of the Mickve Isreal Synagogue, officiated. Burial was in Laurel Grove Cemetery. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hausmann, Mrs. Antoniette Faucett of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Denea Ziff of Washington; a son, Barnard Fischer of Beaufort; and several grandchildren. The pallbearers were Emanuel Straus, E. W. Tompkins, Meyer Schein, Ralph Cohen, J. D. Persee and D. W. Davis. Mrs. Fischer had lived in Beaufort for many years, but during the past few years her health failed. She had many friends here who regret to learn of her death. A number of people from Beaufort attended the services. (Beaufort Gazette, p1, July 23, 1936 - contributed by Lois Anderson) Bernard Fischer  Bernard Fischer, 67, died Thursday in Beaufort Memorial Hospital after a short illness.  Born Oct. 6, 1910 in Beaufort, he was a son of the late Alexander and Martha Golinsky Fischer. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Beaufort.   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Blitch Fischer; two sons, Chester B. Fischer of Fort Huachuca, Ari. And John W. Fischer of Beaufort; one sister, Mrs. Dena Styers of Beaufort; two grandchildren.  Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. In the Anderson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Beaufort Memorial Gardens Beaufort Gazette, p18, June 16, 1978 - contributed by Lois Anderson) Donald D. Furman Sgt. Donald D. Furman and Sgt. Lorenzo Ponce Ruiz: S.C. NATIVE DIES IN MILITARY ACCIDENT IN IRAQ A soldier from Beaufort County, S.C., was one of two soldiers from Fort Riley killed Wednesday when their military vehicle collided with a civilian vehicle and overturned, the Pentagon said Friday. Killed were Sgt. Donald D. Furman, 30, of Burton, and Sgt. Lorenzo Ponce Ruiz, 26, of El Paso, Texas. The accident occurred in Balad, Iraq. Both soldiers were assigned to the 24th Transportation Company, 541st Maintenance Battalion. Irene Furman, who raised her grandson Donald Furman since he was 10 months old, told The Beaufort Gazette she was ready to go to the beauty shop and run other errands when a bad feeling kept her at home. It wasn't long before authorities arrived at her door to tell her that her grandson had died. Donald Furman was on his second tour of Iraq and loved being in the Army. "He really liked the people," Irene Furman told the newspaper. "He said, 'I like what I'm doing and I like my soldiers." ' Donald Furman's funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Bethel Word and Worship Deliverance Temple in Beaufort. He leaves behind two children, ages 12 and 10, his grandmother said. The deaths bring the total number of Fort Riley soldiers killed in Iraq to 58. (The State - October 15, 2005)

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