Edith Mildred Dexheimer
b. 21 April 1914, d. 31 August 1977
- Father: Joseph Francis Dexheimer b. 9 November 1891, d. 30 November 1937
- Mother: Leona Cusick b. 12 November 1891, d. 10 December 1925
- Edith Mildred Dexheimer was born on 21 April 1914 in New York.
- Joseph Francis Dexheimer and Leona Cusick appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, at New Haven Road. Other members of the household included Edith Mildred Dexheimer, Gladys Ellen Dexheimer and Lillian Gertrude Dexheimer.
- Ethel R. Cusick and Albert Frederick Eick appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Other members of the household included Edith Mildred Dexheimer, Albert Frederick Eick Jr. and Gladys Ellen Dexheimer.
- She was employed in a factory manufacturing bias tape, according to the 1930 census.
- She married Joseph D. Fisher on 1 June 1936 in Durham, Connecticut.
- Edith Mildred Dexheimer died on 31 August 1977 at age 63 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
- Joseph D. Fisher became a widower at her death.
- The following appeared on 16 March 1993 in The Hartford Courant: Joseph D. Fisher, owner of the former Fisher's Poultry Farm in Durham, died Sunday in Jordanville, N.Y., at the age of 79. /P/ In 1978, he moved from Durham to Jordanville after the death of his wife, Edith M. Dexheimer Fisher. /P/ Mr. Fisher operated the farm from the early 1950s to the mid 1960s. He also worked as a foreman for Durham Manufacturing Co., from which he retired in June 1978. /P/ Mr. Fisher was a past member of the Connecticut Farm Bureau. /P/ The funeral will be Thursday, 11 a.m., at the Biega Funeral Home, 3 Silver St., Middletown, with the Rev. Canon Kenneth L. Ornell of the Church of the Epiphany, Durham, officiating. Burial at a later date will be in Durham Cemetery. Friends may call at the Biega Funeral Home Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.
- The following appeared on 11 February 2002 in the Middlefield Town Times: Gladys Brys, 85, formerly of Birch Mill Road, Durham, wife of the late Michael Brys, died Monday, January 28, in Panama City, FL. /P/ She was born in Bronxville, NY on June 19, 1916, daughter of the late Joseph and Leona (Cusick) Dexheimer and attended the Durham Schools. /P/ Prior to her retirement, she was employed by the State of Connecticut. She was a past president of the Durham 60+ Club and a member of Durham Grange #57 and a member of the Church of the Epiphany for 40 years. /P/ She leaves a son, Myron Camozzi of Deep River; a daughter, Leona Camozzi of Middletown; a brother, Warren Heidenis of Port Charlotte, FL; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter, Gloria Eddy and two sisters, Edith Fisher and Lillian Cowperthwaite. /P/ Memorial donations may be sent to Durham Ambulance Corps., PO Box 207, Durham or the Church of the Epiphany, Main Street, Durham, CT 06422.
- Last Edited: 30 Jan 2010