FRANCIS S. DISHER, b. March 17, 1909, Town of Grant, Portage County,WI.; d. May 27, 1980, Theda Clark Hospital, Neenah, Winnebago County, WI..
 

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Obituary:
Rev. Francis S Disher, 71, a former Stevens Point resident died Tuesday afternoon at Theda Clark Hospital, Neenah. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Dzikowski Funeral Home.

Stevens Point Daily Journal 28 may 1980

Father Disher services.
Funeral services for the Rev. Francis S. Disher, 71, Menasha, will be held at 11 A.M. Friday at St. Peter's Church, with Bishop John Paul of La Crosse the main celebrant. The homily will be given by Bishop John Grellinger of Menasha.

Father Disher, a Portage County native, died Tuesday at Theda Clark Hospital in Neenah.
Friends may call at the Dzikowski Funeral Home after 4 P.M. today. a rosary for the family and friends will be recited at 7 P.M. and the Knights of Columbus will gather for a rosary at 8 P.M. Burial will be in Guardian Angel Cemetery. A memorial will be established.
Father Disher was born in the town of Grant on March 17, 1909, a son of the late Mr and Mrs Jacob Disher. The family later moved to the town of Stockton and Father Disher attended St Mary of Mount Carmel School in Fancher.

In 1927 he graduated from St. Bonaventure's School, Sturtevant, and entered St Thomas College, St Paul Minn.. In May 1933 he completed studies for the priesthood and was ordained for Green Bay Diocese, celebrating his first solemn high mass at St. Mary's in Fancher on June 2, 1933.
He served parishes in Manitowic, Marinette and White Lake before being assigned to St Casmir's Church in the town of Hull in 1938, where he remained until 1942, when he volunteered for the U.S. Army as a Chaplin.

After training at Harvard University, Father Disher served in San Diego, Calif., Alaska and in the European theater. After World War II, he continued to serve in the National Guard as a Chaplin.
After the war he served a parish in Gresham before transferring to the La Crosse Diocese, at which time he was assigned as administrator to St. Patrick's Church in Lanark, with St. James Church in Amherst as a mission. During his tenure as administrator from 1946 to 1951, the new St. James Church was constructed and dedicated.

Father Disher returned to St. James in 1970 after serving parishes in Cashton, Thorp and North Creek and he retired in 1972 moving to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.. In 1977 he returned to Wisconsin and made his home with a sister in Menasha.

He was a member of the Arcadia American Legion Post 17 and the Knights of Columbus in Stevens Point.
Survivors include two brothers, Peter, Route 1 Plover, and Mrs. Laurence (Regina) Timmerman, Milwaukee, and Sister Mary, St John's Convent, Menasha. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers.

Stevens Point Daily Journal 29 May 1980


More About FRANCIS S. DISHER:
Burial: May 29, 1980, Guardian Angel Cemetery (sec 13) Stevens Point, Portage County, WI.
Military service: Chaplin, World War II
Occupation: PRIEST
Ordination: May 1933, St. Thomas College, St. Paul, MN.
Religion: June 2, 1933, 2, 1933, St. Mary's of Mount Carmel, Fancer, Portage County, WI.