Roland Fancher

Fancher, Roland 10/4/1952 - 6/21/2016 Kalamazoo & Cassopolis Roland C. Fancher, age 63, of Kalamazoo and Cassopolis, died peacefully Tuesday evening, June 21, 2016, in Novant Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina, the day before his 42nd wedding anniversary. Roland was born October 4, 1952 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Russell and Barbara Fancher. He married Dorothy Houser June 22, 1974 in Saginaw, Michigan. She survives. He was preceded in death by his parents. Roland earned his Juris Doctorate in 1976 from Wayne State University Law School. He was appointed the Friend of the Court in Alpena, Kalamazoo, and Cass Counties, after starting his career in Oakland. He was known statewide for his vast knowledge of FOC operations, cases and his copyrighted computer program used to calculate child support obligations under the statutory guidelines. Roland was also an accomplished thespian who acted in plays from his days as a student at Denby High School in Detroit to Alpena Civic and Thunder Bay Theaters in Alpena. He was a near professional home handyman who extensively remodeled three of his own houses. Roland will be greatly missed by family and friends. He is survived by his wife of almost forty two years, Dorothy Fancher of Kalamazoo; one son and daughter in law, David and Esther Fancher of Carmel, Indiana; one granddaughter, Nadia Fancher; and one brother and sister in law, Bruce and Debora Manther of Royal Oak, Michigan; and one nephew, Lucas Manther. Family and friends will gather Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. for a Memorial Service in Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, 247 West Lovell Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, with the Reverend David Louder officiating.The family prefers contributions to those organizations that were close to Roland's heart, especially RE-MEMBER, (benefiting Lakota Pine Lake Indian Reservation), Post Office Box 5054, Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770, or, Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, 309 Union Street, Plainwell, Michigan, 49080. Arrangements have been entrusted to Connelly Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, Cassopolis. Please share a memory or a message online: wagnercares.com