After his death, his few remaining adherents elected to reunite with the main Cutlerite church in Independence, Missouri.
Born and raised in the Cutlerite community in Clitherall, Minnesota, Fletcher elected not to relocate with the main body when it moved the church headquarters to Independence in the 1920s.
This was in keeping with a Cutlerite tradition that passed the presidency to the former leader's First Counselor, subject to the membership's approval.
Fletcher refused to accept the legitimacy of the Independence organization and remained at the head of his church (headquartered in the Cutlerite meetinghouse in Clitherall) until his death in 1969.
Fletcher did not change any of the distinctive beliefs of the Cutlerite church; his organization remained identical to the main body in Independence in every respect save leadership.