OUR DEAR SUNSHINE, MICHAEL VINCENT ANTHONY FISCHER, PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 42 IN HIS HOME ON AUGUST 29, 2024, FOLLOWING A SHORT ILLNESS. BORN IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1981, MICHAEL WAS THE BELOVED CHILD OF LEONA AND VINCENT FISCHER. RAISED WITH LOVE BY HIS PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, MATTHEW AND PHYLLIS FISCHER OF EL SOBRANTE, CALIFORNIA, HE SPENT HIS FORMATIVE YEARS IN EL SOBRANTE. MICHAEL ATTENDED EL SOBRANTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, BEREAN CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALHAMBRA HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE ENJOYED PLAYING BASEBALL AND SOCCER AT THE TARA HILLS FIELDS, COACHED BY HIS GRANDFATHER, MATT FISCHER, AND FORGED LASTING FRIENDSHIPS.

IN 2011, MICHAEL MARRIED HIS BEST FRIEND, ROBBIE (ROBERTA TEET), AND THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR HOME IN OAKLEY, CALIFORNIA. A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN, MICHAEL DEDICATED HIS TIME TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING HIS CHURCH, THE IRON SHOP MEN'S GROUP, THE KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY, MISSION TRIPS TO GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE IN CONTRA COSTA. FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS, HE WORKED AS A HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, PASSIONATELY ADVOCATING FOR THE HOMELESS AND INDIVIDUALS BATTLING ADDICTION AND RECOVERY. MICHAEL'S INFECTIOUS SMILE, WARM EMBRACES, ZEST FOR LIFE, AND GENTLE SPIRIT ENDEARED HIM TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM.

SURVIVED BY HIS CHERISHED GRANDMOTHER, PHYLLIS FISCHER, DEVOTED WIFE ROBBIE TEET FISCHER, PARENTS VINCENT FISCHER (TAMMY FISCHER) AND LEONA FOSTER (JOHNNY MACISAAC), SIBLINGS JENNIE, SARA, DANIELLE, BOBBIE, SARAH, MARIA, KYLE, DAVID, STEPCHILDREN NATHANIEL, ELIJAH, MADDY, BETH, TRINITY, NEPHEW CONNOR, NIECES MAKENZIE, ELAINA, EMERY, NUMEROUS COUSINS, AUNTS, UNCLES, AND DEAR FRIENDS, MICHAEL'S LEGACY OF LOVE AND KINDNESS LIVES ON.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING MICHAEL'S LIFE WILL BE HELD AT PITTSBURG FUNERAL CHAPEL ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2024, AT 10:30 AM. INSTEAD OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY KINDLY REQUESTS THAT YOU PERFORM AN ACT OF KINDNESS, OFFER A HUG, SHARE A SMILE, AND EXPRESS "I LOVE YOU" IN MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED MICHAEL.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024, AT 9:30AM WITH A FUNERAL SERVICE AT 10:30AM AT THE PITTSBURG FUNERAL CHAPEL. BURIAL FOLLOWING AT MEMORY GARDENS CEMETERY IN CONCORD.