Thomas Edward Fischer

Thomas Edward Fischer passed away on February 11th, 2022 at the hospital in Zephyrhills, FL at the young age of 65 after a long battle with lung disease. He died in peace surrounded by his family at his side. He is survived by his daughters, Chelsea Fischer, Madison Fischer and Tara Archer and his previous wife of 27 years Cheryl Fischer along with Aunts and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary “Lou” and Edward Fischer. 

Tom was born in Miami, Florida on July 9, 1956 to Lou and Edward Fischer.  He went to Killian High School and graduated in 1974.  He spent most of his life working in the boating industry which was his passion. 

He moved to the Keys in the 1980’s and worked as a Sales Manager for Carabee Boat Sales.  He later met his former wife, Cheryl and started his own boat business, Fischer Marine and moved back to Miami.  In 1993 after Hurricane Andrew, Tom and his family moved to Fort Myers where he relocated his boat business and built a dealership off of Palm Beach Boulevard which was very successful for over 25 years. He earned the nickname of “Picky Tom” by his customers, employees and friends since he was very particular about the quality of the boats he sold.  He also served on the Board of Directors for the Southwest Florida Marine Industries Association for many years.   

He was also fondly known as Pappa Fish by many of his daughters’ friends. Tom loved boating, fishing, flying drones, Nascar, riding his Harley and his beloved dog Baxter who is now living with Cheryl and being well cared for. But most of all, Tom loved his beautiful daughters and will be watching over them proudly from up above. 

Tom will be sadly missed by his family and many friends.  There will be a Celebration of Life to honor him held on Saturday, March 26th at 11:00am at Grace Church located at 14036 Matanzas Drive Fort Myers, FL 33905 and a reception will follow at The Fischer Home at 3128 River Grove Cir, Fort Myers, FL  33905.   

In lieu of flowers, we would appreciate donations being made in his name to

Big Dog Ranch Rescue where Baxter, his beloved dog, was adopted from. 

Donation Form — Big Dog Ranch Rescue (bdrr.org)