A plaque dedication for the late James E. Fischer is set for Tuesday, Sept. 10th at noon at the corner of rue St. Francois and rue St. Jean.\u00a0 The city of Florissant, along with VFW Post 4105 and the Florissant Rotary Club, will host the dedication.<\/p>\n
James Fischer co-owned Fischer\u2019s Department Store with his brother Al.\u00a0 Fischer\u2019s is the oldest business in Florissant and is still in operation.\u00a0 Fischer served as flight engineer on a B-17 crew during World War II.\u00a0 He was a Charter member and past President of the Florissant Rotary Club, as well as serving as the Rotary District Governor.\u00a0 He was active on many Boards and had a strong passion for the business community in Florissant and the people that lived here.<\/p>\n
The plaque will be the 15th Walk Through History plaque. Each is dedication to someone that has made a valuable contribution to the City of Florissant.<\/p>\n
The 14th<\/sup> plaque will be dedicated this week to the late Judge Timothy W. Kelly, Sr. The city will host the plaque dedication for Kelly on Wednesday, Aug. 28, before the start of the Wednesday Night Out activities near Bunker\u2019s and Stems Florist.<\/p>\n Judge Timothy W. Kelly, Sr. was the second son of the late Florissant Judge John J. Kelly.\u00a0 Tim Kelly grew up in Florissant attending Our Lady of Fatima and St. Thomas Aquinas High School. As the Municipal Judge for the City of Florissant for thirty-two years he presided over a firm but fair court and was elected eleven times.\u00a0 He inspired troubled young adults to strive to be good citizens and promoted leadership through athletics.\u00a0 He also served as a Lt. Commander in the United States Navy JAG Corps Reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A plaque dedication for the late James E. Fischer is set for Tuesday, Sept. 10th at noon at the corner of rue St. Francois and rue St. Jean.\u00a0 The city of Florissant, along with VFW Post 4105 and the Florissant Rotary Club, will host the dedication. James Fischer co-owned Fischer\u2019s Department Store with his brother […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florissant","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n