Virginia Kay Fischer

Born January 15th, 1928 in a share-croppers cabin in Doerun Georgia, “Ginny” as she was known, spent her early years with her family raising cotton and tobacco in rural southwest Georgia. As these were the years of the Great Depression, times were hard and lean, but within and among her family, there was an abundance of love and care. Well she remember cold winter nights where her mother would hold a quilt in front of the fireplace so as to wrap little Ginny in warmth and security at bedtime.

When she was 12 years old their family lost everything when their almost ready to harvest crop was destroyed by a sudden hail storm. Left with very few options, they heard a person could make money picking oranges in Florida, so down to Florida they came, riding on the back of a truck.

Steady work was found in and around Leesburg, Florida and at the age of 16, Ginny began working at a local five and dime. Visiting a local movie theater, she met John T. “Jack” Malans. The two fell in love and were married in 1944. Moving to Orlando, Jack began working for Gulf Life as an insurance agent and little by little, the two began to prosper. A son, Theodore, was born in 1945 and a daughter, Phyllis, in 1947. Sadly, Jack developed cancer and passed from this life in 1959. Ginny found work at a local department store and in time, met Olin Fischer, a citrus grower in Lake and Orange counties. Having grown up on the farm, Ginny swore she would never marry a farmer, but apparently the love bug bit hard and Olin and Ginny were married in late 1960.

During their 55 years of marriage, both Olin and Ginny worked side by side in the orange groves planting trees, running tractors, picking and selling fruit, and for a period of time, owned and operated a fruit stand and truck stop on Hwy 27 in south Lake County.

Their hard work and diligence were rewarded as the family prospered and this union was blessed with a baby girl, Virginia, born in 1962 and a baby boy, Glenn, born in 1963.

With Ginny having two children from a previous marriage and Olin having six children from a previous marriage and now two new children from their marriage, the house was full, but both worked hard to create a “yours, mine and ours” family filled with love and support.

Mixed into this busy schedule, Ginny was a very active supporter of Zion Lutheran Church, spending decades on the Altar Guild, the Quilting Bee, and every year, serving as the “Cookie Lady” for countless summer VBS programs.

Her faith in Christ Jesus as her Lord and Savior was a rock-solid part of her life, and that faith has now been rewarded by Christ Jesus calling her home saying: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Preceding her in death are her parents, John and Clara Joe Culbreth, her sister Margie, her sister Hazel, her brother Bobby, her first husband Jack, her second husband Olin, her step sons Olin, Fredrick, Robert and Alan. Surviving to celebrate her life in heaven are her sons Ted and Glenn, her daughters Phyllis, Margret, Tammi and Ginny, along with grand-children, great grand children and great great grand children.

A visitation will be held at Woodlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home, located at 400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road, Gotha, FL 34734, on January 23, 2026, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

The funeral service is scheduled for January 24, 2026, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Christ the King Lutheran Church, situated at 4962 S Apopka Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32819.

Following the funeral service, a committal service will take place at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, 400 Woodlawn Cemetery Rd, Gotha, FL 34734, on January 24, 2026, from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm.