Carolyn Fischer, 91, lab technician

Carolyn Ferguson Fischer of Brookfield, a Ridgefield native who had worked for Schlumberger, died at Danbury Hospital on Thursday, May 6, 2004. She was 91 years old and the widow of Gerhard Fischer.
Mrs. Fischer was born March 5, 1913, in Ridgefield, daughter of the late Elbert and Margret Hyland Ferguson. She attended Ridgefield schools.
She married Gerhard Robert Fischer in Lewisboro, N.Y. on Nov. 30, 1940. They were married for 38 years before he died in February 1978.
She retired from Schlumberger-Doll Research in 1978 after 20 years of service as a lab technician.
Mrs. Fischer had lived in what came to be known as the “Scott House” on Catoonah Street from 1943 to 1960. The house was moved a few years ago to Sunset Lane and is the current home of the Ridgefield Historical Society.
In recent years Mrs. Fischer lived with her daughter, Geralyn Fischer, in Brookfield.
She was a former member of Bethel Methodist Church.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Fischer is survived by a son, Robert Fischer and his wife Dusty of Denver, Colo.; a sister, Anna Mead of Ridgefield; a sister-in-law, Joan Ferguson of Southport, England; and several nieces and nephews.
Three sisters, Harriet O’Connor, Marjorie Heal and Rosella Morris, and a brother, Elbert Ferguson, died before her.
Services took place on Saturday afternoon at the Green Funeral Home in Danbury.
Contributions in her memory may be made to The Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 296, Brookfield, CT 06804.