Virginia “Ginny” Fischer of North Hill Needham, formerly of West Hartford and New Canaan CT and Grantham NH died wit her loving family at her bedside on Saturday, November 17th at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham. She was 78 years old. Born in Hartford CT, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Jeanette (Benson) Byrnes. She was a graduate of Lasell College. Mrs. Fischer worked for the West Hartford Public Schools as a teacher’s aide. Mrs. Fischer had been a resident of Needham since 1979 and was a member of the Postcomers Club, the Needham Congregational Church and the Needham Congregational Church Friendly Society. She was the beloved wife of Niels H. Fischer and the loving mother of Mark Raymond Fischer of Medford, Paul Michael Fischer and his wife Elisabeth Guerlain Talbot of Needham and Avon, CT, John Peter Fischer and his wife Susan Cairns Fischer of Marblehead, and James Benson Fischer of Merchantville, NJ. Grandmother of Paul, Jr., Michael, Sarah and Kiley. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, November 24 at 11 a. m. in the Congregational Church of Needham, 1154 Great Plain Ave., Needham. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Visiting hours will be in the Eaton Funeral Home, 1351 Highland Ave. (Exit 19B off Rte 128) NEEDHAM on Friday, November 23 from 4 to 7. Interment in Needham Cemetery. Memorials in Ginny’s name may be made to the Congregational Church of Needham at 1154 Great Plain Ave.