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A6 WEDNESDAY, GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.COM OBITUARIES Businessman, Sportsman, Philanthropist (1926-2014) Emil Robert Fischer, born Nov. 23, 1926, in Green Bay, died peacefully in Naples, on May 10, 2014, surrounded by family who loved him. He is survived by his wife, Gail Fischer; his daughters, Catherine Fischer, Ketchum, Idaho; Laura Fischer, Southampton, N.Y.; Dr. Jennifer McKnight-Lupes (David Lupes), Blair, Linda Fischer, Sturgis, Leslie Fischer, aka Dr. Bobby Holliday, Los Angeles, his son, Kurt Randall Fischer, Green Bay, grandson, Derek Osen, (son of Catherine) Atlanta, sister- in-law, Amy Zachariasen (George), Sturgeon Bay, his nieces, Christina Zachariasen, London, UK; Michelle Schleis, Lisa (Todd) Frisinger, Meg Haney (Dan), Susan (Rick) and their families, all of De Pere, Wis.

He was preceded in death by his father, Emil Robert Fischer, mother, Myra Fischer; sister, Nancy Fischer-Tincher; and his stepson, Gregory Boulanger. Emil graduated from Culver Military Academy located in Culver, in 1944, whereupon he immediately enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving his Country until 1946. He then attended Lawrence University until the time he was asked to assist with the family business, Atlas Warehouse and Cold Storage Company, now known as Americold, which had been established in 1926 by his father. Upon his death, Emil became the sole owner and president from 1958 to 1991.

The Atlas serviced many national companies including Schreiber Cheese, Kraft, Swift, Pauly, Larson and American Foods Group. The company continued to grow with deliveries being shipped and received around the clock via train and semi- trucks. Emil said he was proud of the fact that so many second and third generations of families continued to work at the company. A private union was successfully established early on at the company and still operates until this day. He was an avid sportsman, participating in a wide variety of activities, including sailing, swimming, duck hunting, trap and skeet shooting.

As a young man, he owned and showed Hunter Jumper horses, winning many blue ribbons for his efforts. His family enjoyed water skiing with him on the Fox River and the Bay of Green Bay. In addition to water skiing, he was an avid snow skier, skiing in Snowmass, with loved ones and friends. Emil was an active pilot, bying various types of planes on a regular basis. As a youth, he belonged to the YMCA, continuing his membership into adulthood, playing handball with his friends.

Another one of his myriad interests was that of wood working, being uniquely adept at creating anything from simple raised-bed gardens to intricate wood enhancements using exotic woods for his and sailboat, the After taking several art classes at Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek and the Marco Island Center For The Arts, his creative ability surfaced, once again, in the area of stone sculpting. Emil had a great number of philanthropic interests, but his most cherished centered on the arts. He was a founding board member of the Milwaukee Ballet, a longtime season ticket holder of the Milwaukee Florentine Opera, Green Bay Symphony, and the Peninsula Music Festival. Born and raised in Green Bay, Emil was always very proud to acknowledge his native origins. He was one of the early proponents for the development of the Brown County Association For Retarded Citizens (Aspiro), serving from the throughout the on their board or as its Chairman.

He was a founding board member of Preble State Bank, which subsequently became University Bank, then Norwest Bank, and lastly Wells Fargo Bank. He served on the boards of these legacy banks including the Chairman of the Green Bay Norwest Bank and an advisory board member of Wells Fargo Bank. When Emil and Gail were not sailing with family and friends in Door County, they were tending their gardens at home. This passion for gardening led them to become early advocates for the Green Bay Botanical Garden in the continuing to this day. Emil was born a Green Bay Packer fan when his father, Emil joined the Green Bay Packer Board in 1926.

Emil along with his father and mother were present for the dedication of Lambeau Field in 1957, retaining the coveted 50- yard line tickets his entire life. He loved to repeat the story of when he was at the now famous game in 1966, jesting, me and all the thousands of people that claim to have been A special thank you to long-time friends and assistants Lloyd and Gloria Anderson and James Rose. Also to the capable and professional care afforded to Emil at the Downtown Naples Community Hospital, Gulf View Suites, Naples, Fla. and in Green Bay, to Drs. Jeremy Green and William Schneider who went those extra nine yards in providing Gail and Leslie with professional and emotional support in the last weeks of life, for which the family is very grateful.

Emil was generous man, loving, thoughtful and kind. He was a gentleman who touched many lives, even some whom he had never met. He will be greatly missed. A private Memorial Service and Celebration Of Life will be held for family and friends inside the Green Bay Botanical Garden on Thursday, June 19, 2014, from 4 p.m to 7 p.m., with Remembrances at 5:30 p.m. The family asks that in lieu of bowers, Memorial Donations in name be directed to the Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road, Green Bay, WI 54303, Aspiro, 1673 Dousman Street, Green Bay, WI, 54303, or to a charity of your own choice.

Fischer, Emil Robert Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Proko-Wall Funeral Home, 1630 E. Mason St. Visitation will continue from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Christ Community Lutheran Church, 1742 Servant Way.

Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church with Pastor Cindy Warmbier-Meyer iciat- ing. To send online condolences visit www.prokow- all.com. Eland, Scott R. Our aunt, Darlene Ann Fellows, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014, at the age of 79.

Our aunt was a caring and giving person with an especially positive attitude on life. She is truly missed, however, there is relief that she is no longer suGering. Although her more recent years have been Ighting Disease, she is remembered for being a dedicated Nurse, Nursing instructor at Bellin School of Nursing, and a loved family member and friend. Our aunt was so inspired by John F. Kennedy and the Peace Corps that she volunteered as an RN for a two year tour.

She brought back amazing pictures and stories of her work in South East Asia and Calcutta where she met Mother Teresa. She was very proud of her studies and experiences abroad and often spoke to local schools and groups about the Peace Corps. She enjoyed skiing and never lost the interest to travel. Her travels brought us an understanding of diGerent cultures and the enjoyment of ethnic food. Her other interests included collecting antiques, Zowers, and writing cards.

She was a member of St. Jude Parish and was a volunteer at Heritage Hill. Dolly is survived by her brother-in-law, Roger Sherlock; a nephew along with spouse, Sean and Melissa Sherlock, and their children Anne-Marie and Jacob Sherlock; a niece, Erin McNamara; as well as cousins, family, and friends. Dolly was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Marie (Daul) Fellows; her sister, Eunice Sherlock; an infant brother; and her niece, Erin husband, Kevin McNamara. Family and friends may call at Blaney Funeral Home, 1521 Shawano from 10 to 11 a.m.

Saturday, June 21. A prayer service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Sr. Toni Jendrasiak oGiciating. To send on-line condolences, please go to www.Blaney- FuneralHome.com.

A memorial fund has been established in name. Thank you very much to all the friends, neighbors, and family who supported our aunt and all her uniqueness. Her heart, love, and prayers she made for everyone was genuine. The family would like to especially thank Dr. Jeremy Green for the many years of exemplary care and compassion provided to Dolly and the family throughout some diAicult years.

Fellows, Darlene Ann Arant, Mary ogacz, Donald DeMille, Russell land, Scott ellows, Darlene 79, Green Bay Fischer, Emil I saacson, Roger Kemerer, Janet Larmouth, Donald Lois chmiling, Dorothy Schmitt, Merlin Schultz, Bertan ied, Joseph OBITUARIES Obituaries for the past seven days are online at www.green baypressgazette.com. TO SUBMIT Friends and families of the eceased have prepared these obituaries and funeral announcements. They are a tribute to their loved accomplishments and a service to friends who would like to pay their espects. To submit announcements a nd discuss fees, please contact your funeral irector or call the classified a dvertising department at (920) 431-8300 or (920) 435-4411. counties are also developing ways of diverting ffenders to alternative courts.

is certainly forward-thinking, but not he said. County has got to be close; I know if their vet- rans court is up and unning yet, but they a lso have an OWI court, drug court Several a re looking to expanding mental health The Brown County Board recently approved $85,000 to hire a caseworker for the new courts, and Lasee is awaiting word on a state grant he applied for that would provide $186,000 a year for the next five years. If Brown County ins the grant, the money will be used to hire a person who primarily will be responsible for determining which of the four courts is most appropriate for agiven defendant, Lasee said. a lot of money, Zuidmulder said, but he added, the end, going to be pending that anyway. We either make the ef- orts in specialty courts, or, when we have them in jail, we can pay $52 a day to eep them there, or in rison for $32,000 a The Brown County Jail, barely more than a dozen years old, has een operating at near apacity, and diverting ffenders could stall or even prevent a jail expansion expected to cost upward of $34 mill ion, Sheriff John Goss age has said.

Successes The specialty courts also appear to be having ore success in turning heir participants away rom futurecrime. been the casena- tionwide and pening in Brown Count too, Zuidmulder said. one is currently a nalyzing statistics related to the part of what the new funding hould cover. Even without those figures, fficials say the set-up appears to be working. The Drug Court, which started in August 2009, has had 49 participants so far, said Beth Robinson, coordinator for the specialty courts.

ighteen drug defendants have success- ully completed the program, which currently has 16 enrolled. Fifteen people were kicked out before completion, which means they nded up serving their jail or prison time after all. Out of the 18 graduates, three re-offended within two years of completing the program, Robinson said. That two-year window is the benchmark used in measuring successful rehabilitation, she said. That 16 percent success rate compares favorably with the rate of repeat off ender criminals who are jailed, imprisoned or put on robation, Zuidmulder said.

state will tell you their recidivism rate is 32 percent, for people creating ew he said. he people who are revoked hile on extended supervision is 48 percent, so 48 percent of the people who come out of prison end up going ack to he success rate of veter- a ns court is harder to measure because the program is still young, Robinson said. It has graduated six of the 33 articipants the program as seen since it started in arch 2012, she said. One was kicked out before completing the program. Among the graduates, none have been charged with a new crime, but not been out for the duration of that two-year benchmark period, she said.

one measurement of success, but not the only one. not uncommon to hear during the course of treatment for one of our vets to say, for this court, be dead said Judge Kendall Kelley, who runs the veterans court. us, very ratifying to get that feedback. This court as been instrumental in reorienting them to where they started and get them back to a oint where they can a ppreciate life and be reat contributors to Court details Drug Court focuses i ts attention on repeat offenders who have been convicted of felony drug charges. For repeat offend- rs, jail a deter- Hammer said.

Drug Court provides an intense, three-phase level of supervision and accountability that re- quires participants to maintain a rigid schedule of drug tests, office visits and appearances in the weekly drug court sessions. Partici- ants can be jailed, demoted or kicked out of the program for any violations of the rules, and most find it far stricter and more challenging than normal probation, Zuidmulder said. Northeast Wisconsin Treatment Court is similar but require its participants to berepeat offenders or have felony convictions. It is geared to- ward military veterans whose criminal actions esulted from an inability deal with an abrupt ret urn to civilian life, Kelley said. Military training con- itions people to exist in an unnatural environment, with unnatural duties, and then, after having the person serve in the capacity for a few years, simply releases them ack into civilian life, Kell ey said.

no uncondi- ioning, no process whereby you get reinte- rated into Kelley said. of that involves practical life skills. Some of these people were very young when they went in, so they never developed certain practical life skills you have to write a check to pay but also a darker side. really wants to say it, but been raining people how to kill other people, which is basically unnatural, and taken us this long to figure out how to ring the bell, but I know if figured out how to unring the Veterans Court relies heavily on the use of mentors and group meetings to help develop the kind of buddy system and cama- raderie that soldiers, sailors and airmen came to epend on during their eriods of service, Kelley aid. Details on the workings of the how mental ealth and heroin courts are still being developed.

The mental health court will be directed at people who have mental illness that is controllable but who decline to stay on heir medication and end having numerous con- acts with police, Zuid- ulder said. These low-level off enders end up going to jail, for want of any better option, but the specialty court can bring them in to monitor them. Heroin Court is needed as a separate operation from Drug Court because the offenders are typically different, Zuidmulder said. Court traditionally is aiming at people who have been on proba- ion, been to jail and Zuidmulder said. will be new, mostly people with no criminal background.

As a general rule, find more first- offenders eligible that would never have gotten into Drug and follow him on Courts From Page A1 Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist Rosonna Comers, with the Department of Veterans affairs, listens in as one of the veterans in the Northeast Wisconsin Veterans Treatment Court mentions an amusing anecdote the two discussed during one of their meetings. KYLE MEDIA.