
Rev. Dr. Roger Raymond Fischer, a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has died at the age of 80. Fischer, who was from Washington, was elected to the State House of Representatives from the 47th Legislative District in 1966 and served until his retirement in 1988. At the age of twenty-five, Fischer was one of the youngest members to serve in the history of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. During his time in Harrisburg, Fischer also served as Chairman of the House Education Committee and on the State Board of Education. In 1998, Fischer received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Washington and Jefferson College. Friends will be received from one to three and six to eight p.m. on Tuesday, in the Hummell and Jones Funeral Home at 420 Locust Avenue in Washington. Services will be held at ten a.m. on Wednesday in the First Lutheran Church at 92 West Walnut Street in Washington. Burial will follow in Washington Cemetery.