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2008-07-27 17:26:15 UTC
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601646.html
Muriel Fleischer Executive Assistant
Muriel Fleischer, 83, a retired executive assistant at ABC News in
Washington [DC], died of liver cancer July 21 [2008] at her home in
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Fleischer worked for ABC from 1977 to 1993. She worked for
broadcasters including Howard K. Smith and Ted Koppel.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from City College of
New York [New York]. During World War II, she worked as an auxiliary
telephone operator for the New York [New York] Fire Department and
sang with her sister at the USO in New York.
Mrs. Fleischer was a buyer for women's millinery after the war, then
moved to Detroit [Michigan] with her family.
She moved to Washington in 1975 and volunteered at the Smithsonian
Folklife Festival and at the Library of Congress. She was a founding
Member of Women of Washington [DC], a networking organization. She
lived for 33 years on Capitol Hill.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Robert Fleischer of
Plymouth Meeting; three daughters, Jody Miller of Plymouth Meeting and
Andrea Fleischer and Stacey Fleischer, both of New York City [New
York]; and two grandchildren.
--
Patricia Sullivan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601646.html
Muriel Fleischer Executive Assistant
Muriel Fleischer, 83, a retired executive assistant at ABC News in
Washington [DC], died of liver cancer July 21 [2008] at her home in
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Fleischer worked for ABC from 1977 to 1993. She worked for
broadcasters including Howard K. Smith and Ted Koppel.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from City College of
New York [New York]. During World War II, she worked as an auxiliary
telephone operator for the New York [New York] Fire Department and
sang with her sister at the USO in New York.
Mrs. Fleischer was a buyer for women's millinery after the war, then
moved to Detroit [Michigan] with her family.
She moved to Washington in 1975 and volunteered at the Smithsonian
Folklife Festival and at the Library of Congress. She was a founding
Member of Women of Washington [DC], a networking organization. She
lived for 33 years on Capitol Hill.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Robert Fleischer of
Plymouth Meeting; three daughters, Jody Miller of Plymouth Meeting and
Andrea Fleischer and Stacey Fleischer, both of New York City [New
York]; and two grandchildren.
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Patricia Sullivan