Mae Tischer (October 16, 1928 – January 18, 2018) was an American politician. Tischer was born in

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

. In 1962, Tischer moved to

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with her family and lived in a homestead at Goose Creek for three years. In 1965, she moved again to

Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the List of cities in Alaska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of ...

, so that her children could attend highschool. She met "Ticsh" Tisher on the Alcan Highway in 1965, whom she was married to until his death in a car crash in 1972. Tischer served as district director for the Alaska Muscular Dystrophy Association in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1983 and 1984, Tischer served in the

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and was a Republican. Tischer died at the Anchorage Pioneer House in Anchorage, Alaska on January 18, 2018.

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1928 births 2018 deaths Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska People from Minnesota Women state legislators in Alaska Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives 21st-century American women 20th-century members of the Alaska Legislature 20th-century American women politicians {{Alaska-politician-stub