Toby Rose Fisch, 81, of Marion, died Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Burial will take place at West Point Cemetery, New York, at a later date.
Survivors include her children, Barbara (Bob) Wiltgen, and Dave Fisch; and grandchildren, Cullen and Callie Fisch, Hannah and Ryan Glanz, Brittney (Jason) Greer, Kristi (Kevin) Brown, and Sara Wiltgen. Toby was also happy to be expecting the birth of her first great-granddaughter in July to Brittney and Jason.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Irving and Naomi Lehrfeld; brother, Bill Lehrfeld; and son-in-law, Rick Glanz.
Toby was born February 17, 1933, in Ft. Totten, NY, the daughter of Irving and Naomi (Glazer) Lehrfeld. She married Donald Fisch in 1958. Toby attended Berkley University, and worked in administrative support. Most recently, she worked in lien research for CBMS. Toby enjoyed playing tennis and bridge, and loved to travel. She especially loved her three year military tour on Oahu, Hawaii. Toby will always be remembered by her family and friends as a true patriot, steeped in military tradition, and a passionate, overly-generous person of great dignity and unwavering integrity. She will be missed and forever loved by the many lives she has touched.
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