{"id":265748,"date":"2026-08-15T05:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265748\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T05:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:32:09","slug":"rene-fischer-obituary-bethlehem-pa-pennsylvania-1938-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265748\/","title":{"rendered":"Rene&#8217; Fischer Obituary &#8211; Bethlehem, PA, PENNSYLVANIA (1938-2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tRene\u2019 Joseph Fischer \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ren\u00e9 J. Fischer, 88 of Bethlehem passed away peacefully, Aug. 11, 2026. Born Feb. 14, 1938, he was the son of the late Eleanor and Ren\u00e9 A. Fischer. He was co-owner of the Reimer and Fischer Engineering Co. Ren\u00e9 was a well-established and recognized professional in the materials handling field. His experience in innovative plant layout and systems design concepts is highly regarded throughout the cement industry. This expertise was acquired over a 30 year period, during which time Ren\u00e9 directed many bulk materials handling projects throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\nSurviving are his wife of 49 years, Mary Ann (nee Sidoti) Fischer; children: Michael Fischer of Bath, PA, Robert Fischer (wife Audrey) of Midlothian, VA, David Fischer (wife Carol Ann) of Panama City, FL, Anne Catherine Cosenza of Bethlehem; a sister: Eleanor Piccin of Whitehall, PA; grandchildren: Blaise (wife Maddie), Melanie (husband Tim), Paul (wife Chrisy) and Nicole; and 6 great-grandchildren: Kurt, Marla, Mira, Clark, Khai and Myles. A viewing will be held 9:30 to 10:30 AM Tuesday in Ashton Funeral Home, 1337 Northampton St., Easton, with a service at 10:30 and burial in St. Anthony\u2019s Cemetery. If one chooses, contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of one\u2019s choice. Offer online condolences at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AshtonFuneralHome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.AshtonFuneralHome.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rene\u2019 Joseph Fischer OBITUARY Ren\u00e9 J. Fischer, 88 of Bethlehem passed away peacefully, Aug. 11, 2026. Born Feb.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-265748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}