Elizabeth S. Fisher

Elizabeth S. Fisher of Easton, MD died on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Genesis Eldercare-The Pines, Easton, MD. She was 90. Born August 27, 1914 in Ashton, MD, she was the daughter of the late Isaac A. and Mary Cuff Smith. A graduate of the College of Notre Dame where she received her AB degree, she earned Master degrees from the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado. She was the first woman in Maryland to receive the honorary degree of Maryland State Farmer from Future Farmers of America by the University of MD. While her husband, Joseph Edward Fisher, was stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas she worked as a teacher in Manhattan, Kansas. She served as a teacher and counselor in Montgomery County, MD for thirty-three years. Mr. Fisher died November 21, 1998. Mrs. Fisher served on the Upper Montgomery County Planning Commission, was an active participant of the Montgomery County Fair and 4-H Club, a member of the General Perry Benson Chapter Daughters of The American Revolution, Sts. Anne and Joachim Society, American Personnel and Guidance Association, Montgomery County Education Association, St. Michaels Woman’s Club, Republican Women of Talbot County, and the Izaak Walton League of America. She enjoyed bridge, reading, gardening and quilting. Mrs. Fisher is survived by two sons, Thomas McAvoy Fisher and his wife Julia of Salisbury, and Richard Leland Fisher and his wife Beth Ann of Hume, VA; a sister, Eugenia S. Farmer of Colonial Heights, VA; six grandchildren, Matthew McAvoy Fisher and his fiancée Katherine Leigh Eshelman, William Joseph Fisher, Joseph Edward Fisher, Christiana Magee and her husband Sean, Nicole Bew and her husband Josh, and Dylan Evers; and three great-grandchildren, Ethan and Jordan Bew, and Amelia Magee. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2005 at 11:00 AM at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Easton, MD, where friends may call one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the Eastern Shore Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Hurlock, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School Scholarship Fund, att: Laurie Pratt, 900 High St., Easton, MD 21601.