Harry I. FISHER Jr.

FISHER, Jr. Harry I.

Harry I. Fisher, Jr., 79, beloved father of Lynn Fisher and Neal Fisher, grandfather andgreat-grandfather, friend and mentor to many, died at his home in Berlin on Wednesday (August 10, 2011). He was born in Baltimore, MD, son of the late Harry I. and Lillian (Hickman) Fisher. He was a graduate of the University of Baltimore. In 1953 he married Willi Fisher, who predeceased him in September 2006. Harry served in the U.S. Army and subsequently built a career in marketing for the insurance industry. He was a Chartered Life Underwriter, and he served as a director of the Society of Financial Service Professionals from 2002-2005. He enjoyed people, and he came to lead many of the community organizations in which he thrived. He served as president of the Rocky Hill Volunteer Ambulance Association and the Rocky Hill Lion's Club. As a young father in Rocky Hill, he taught his family to ski at the Lion's ski tow. He then joined the New England Ski Writers Association and wrote the Wethersfield Post ski column for many years, while leading his family on numerous and epic winter trips. He was active in the Mountain Laurel Ski Club for the last five years, where he made great friends and shared many laughs. He was the Mountain Laurel Ski Club's ambassador to the Connecticut Ski Council for the 2010-2011 ski season. He enjoyed teaching, and was an instructor for the AARP Driver Safety program from 2005 -2008. At the time of his passing he was president of the condominium association for the Regency at Berlin. He lived in Rocky Hill for 22 years and was also a resident of Manlius, NY, and Miller Place, NY, before returning to Connecticut for the last 10 years. Harry never severed his Maryland roots. He was known for his "crab soup" dinners, flying the Maryland flag, and periodic trips to Ocean City, MD. Harry is survived by two children, Lynn Anne Fisher and her wife, Jeanne Briand, of Woodstock, VT., and W. Neal Fisher of Newington. He is also survived by granddaughters Sarah Waldo Arsenault and her husband David of Quebec City, and Emma Waldo Clifford and her husband Shane of Springfield, VT, and four great-grandchildren, Willow, Ira, and Silas Clifford and Toma Arsenault.
A celebration of his life will be held Wednesday, August 17 at 4 p.m. at The Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, 331 Orchard St., Rocky Hill, followed by a gathering at Neal's home at 4 Chaplin Street in Newington at 6 p.m. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers please consider a contribution to the Rocky Hill VolunteerAmbulance Association, P.O. Box 353, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.