Warren Edmund Fleischner

WARREN EDMUND FLEISCHNER, 93, of Wooster, died September 19, 2013, in Wooster, Ohio. Born August 13, 1920, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Bessie Eleanor Warren Fleischner and Herbert Edmund Fleischner. Warren grew up in Milton, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College, graduating, with honors, with a degree in Music, in 1942. The next week he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving much of World War II in Europe, in the Signal Corps. In this role, he was a participant in formally transmitting the news of the German surrender. He continued to serve in the Army Reserve, eventually rising to the rank of Major. In 1946 he married his life-long partner, Rose Marie Myers, of Indianapolis, Indiana. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where their three children—Phyllis, Janice, and Thomas-- were born and raised. While working full-time, he returned to school, graduating from Cleveland-Marshall Law School in 1958. He practiced law in Cleveland, becoming a partner in the firm of Miller, Fleischner, and Schutz. Fleischner’s great joys in life were his family, music, and travel. He was a talented classical pianist and spoke fluent French, German, and Latin. Beginning in the late 1950s, while his children were young, the family began their annual tradition of traveling and camping—not a common practice at the time—in national parks throughout America. When the children approached adulthood Warren and Rose began to explore more widely throughout the world—continuing to travel until well into their 80s, visiting all continents except Antarctica. After retiring from the full-time practice of the law, he and Rose moved to Wooster, Ohio, in 1987, to be closer to family. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Rose Myers Fleischner, of Wooster; his three children--Phyllis Anne Caputo, of Wooster, Ohio, Janice Louise Fleischner (Daniel Lewis), of Delmar, NY, and Thomas Lowe Fleischner (Edith Dillon), of Prescott, Arizona; as well as five grandchildren--Melissa Caputo Mowrey (Peter Mowrey), of Wooster, Hannah Rose Lewis and Rebecca Caroline Lewis, both of Boston, Massachusetts, River Thomas Dillon Fleischner, of Bellingham, Washington, and Kestrel Edith Dillon Fleischner, of Prescott, Arizona; and two great-grandchildren, Stephen Elliott Mowrey and Ingrid Eleanor Mowrey, of Wooster. According to the wishes of the deceased, there will be no public service. Custer-Glenn Funeral Home in Wooster is honored with serving the family. Memorial contributions may be made to the Natural History Institute (Prescott College, 220 Grove Ave., Prescott, Arizona 86303; http://naturalhistory.kintera.org/) or LifeCare Hospice (2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691). Words of condolences may be shared with the family at: www.custerglenn.com.

Warren Edmund Fleischner

August 13, 1920 - September 19, 2013