FISCHER, A. ROBERT

A. Robert Fischer died on February 13, 2021 in Texas surrounded by his family. Rob fought a long battle with cancer and ultimately passed due to ARDS / COVID. Rob was born April 21, 1957 in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Robert A. Fischer, Jr. and Loraine (Canfield) Fischer.

Rob was a 1983 graduate of The University of Texas School of Law. He worked for Mobil Oil and then Day, Berry & Howard (now Day Pitney) in New York and Connecticut before joining Jackson Lewis, a nationwide workplace law firm, in 1993. Rob practiced in Jackson Lewis’ Stamford, Connecticut office before returning to Austin in 2011 to help open the Jackson Lewis Austin office.

Prior to law school, Rob served for three years in the United States Army, where he was a Sergeant in an Army Security Agency airborne electronic warfare operation based in Fort Bliss (El Paso). Following his discharge, Rob completed his undergraduate education at The University of Texas-El Paso.

Rob was an active supporter of many organizations, including serving on the boards of the ZACH Theatre, where he was general counsel for five years, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and the UTEP Alumni Association, among others.

Rob had a big personality, lived life to its fullest, and loved the company of friends, good wine and good food. He also loved attending UT football and basketball games, in Austin and often on the road. But most of all, Rob loved and was devoted to his family. Rob is survived by his wife, Kimberly Ann Corcoran, his sisters, Lynne (of Cincinnati) and Anne (of Sharon, New Hampshire), his son, Kyle and his fiancée, Brittany Black (of Austin), his daughter Brooke and her husband, Richard Santiago (of Stamford) his daughter Madeline (of Baltimore), his stepsons Colin, Ryan, Brendan and Kevin Corcoran, and three grandchildren, Lucille, Roman and Abdon Santiago.

In his final days, Rob shared with his family that he believed “there might be some ‘meant to be’ in me showing people how to face an end-of-life illness.” And that he did – Rob faced the last years of his life with a vibrancy, positivity, peace of mind and love of life that awed us all.

A celebration of life will be held on a later date, to be announced on www.rememberingrobfischer.com, at the Congregational Church of Austin. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Central Texas Food Bank, American Cancer Society, the ZACH Theatre or the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Lake Travis – (512) 263-1511. Remembrances may be left at www.wcfish. com

Muriel Carter MacKay, widow of William MacKay, passed away unexpectedly at home on Monday, February 22nd. Muriel was born in Hamden, CT to Rose E. Razee and Henry John Carter. March 23rd would have been Muriel’s 85th birthday. Muriel graduated from the University of New Haven with both a Bachelor’s and Master of Business Administration degree. She spent many years of her working life at the University of New Haven as an administrator of continuing education. One of her proudest accomplishments was coordinating the establishment of a degree program for shipyard foremen at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation. After leaving the University of New Haven, Muriel joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of CT, as a training and development administrator. At the time of her retirement, she was the Manager of Health Analysis.

Over the years, Muriel courageously faced major losses in her life: the early death of her husband William and the tragic loss of her daughter, Bonnie Jean Mac Kay Belanger on February 25, 2010.

In recent years, she took happiness from her gardens, her dog “Greta”, reading- especially mysteries, needlework, and maintaining a warm and welcoming home that was always open to her friends. Muriel loved her home and her grandson William even more. Muriel was known by all of her family and friends to be truly generous, loyal, and caring. She would go out of her way to support anyone she knew was in need. Whether she was caring for a friend or working on a project, she was highly organized and planned even the smallest detail of what needed to be done. Muriel leaves behind her daughter Lauren MacKay Munro, grandson William D. Munro, as well as special cousins George (Nancy) Razee and the Barton Family. Arrangements have been entrusted to West Haven Funeral Home at the Green. A funeral service will take place at the funeral home on Friday, March 5th at 11 o’clock, followed by interment at Bare Plain Cemetery in North Branford. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc. at 103 Vision Way, Broomfield, CT 06002.

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