Irving S. "Bud" Fisher

Irving 'Bud' S. Fisher, 88 SCARBOROUGH -- Irving 'Bud' S. Fisher, 88, of Park Danforth died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough. He was the husband of Virginia (Stockman) Fisher. Bud was born in Augusta, on May 21, 1920, the son of the late Franklin and Marion (Sanborn) Fisher. He was raised in Lewiston attending local area schools and graduating from Lewiston High School. He graduated from Bates College in 1941 and started graduate school at Dartmouth College, but his studies were interrupted by WWII. He served in the US Navy from 1942 through 1946. He was a photo interpreter on several carriers in the Pacific and earned a Bronze Star. He was honorably discharged after being wounded in the Pacific. After being discharged, he returned home and earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1949. Bud was employed as a Professor of Geology at the University of Kentucky for 36 years, from 1948 until his retirement in 1985. He was a mineralogist who specialized in crystallography. Bud also served a short stint as an Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, but left this position to return to his true love of teaching. Upon his retirement he was made a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Bud retired to Maine and became active in environmental issues especially those related to preserving the natural habitat of the Casco Bay Islands. He served on the Portland Planning Board and was the treasurer of the Great Diamond Island Association for many years. Bud enjoyed bird watching as well as genealogy, tracing his family roots back to the mid 1400s. Besides his wife of almost 64 years; he is survived by his three children, Lawrence S. Fisher and his wife Abigail of Buxton, Beth M. Fisher of Columbia, Mont., and Charles F. Fisher of Lexington, Ky. He also leaves his four grandchildren, Nicholas F. Hanson, Andrew A. Hanson and B. Gregory Hanson all of Blacksburg, Va., and Erin E. Hanson of Christiansburg, Va. He was the brother of the late Joseph Otto Fisher who was killed in WWII during the Battle of the Bulge. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation on Sunday, March 1, 2009, from 1-4 p.m. at Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford St., Portland. A private family burial will be held in Pine Grove Cemetery, Falmouth at a later date and there will be a memorial service in the summer. You are invited to share your thoughts, condolences and fond memories with the Fisher family by visiting Bud's guest book at www.mem.com. In lieu of flowers donations in Bud's memory can be made to a medical charity of your choice. Irving 'Bud' S. Fisher Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home & Cremation Service 775-3763