Albert L. Fisher

Albert L. Fisher died peacefully June 4, 2010, in Nacogdoches, Texas, at the age of 84. Visitation will be at Cason Monk- Metcalf Funeral Directors in Nacogdoches from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday evening. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2306 Appleby Sand Road, with the Reverend Robert Kobler officiating. Burial will be at 4 p.m., after the funeral service, at Brookside Memorial Park, in Houston. Albert was born October 27, 1925, in Edinburg, Texas to Alfred Glenn and Lora Black Fisher. Mr. Fisher graduated from Edinburg High School in May of 1943, and worked until the end of World War ll at Moore Field, Mission, Texas in the Radio Repair Shop. In early September 1945, Mr. Fisher moved to Seguin, Texas and attended two years of college at Texas Lutheran College. Albert and Miss Lois Marie Briesemeister of Seguin were married at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Seguin on June 26, 1948, and Albert was employed at United Gas Corporation in Seguin on December 28, 1948, as a helper in the Service Department. Mr. Fisher's career with United Gas Corporation was at Seguin for one and one-half years; in La Grange, Texas for two and one-half years; in Laredo, Texas for ten years; in Houston for ten and one-half years; and for twelve years in Nacogdoches, as District Operations Manager. Then he returned to Houston as Manager of the Technical Gas Training Center. He retired on November 1, 1987, and then returned to his home in Nacogdoches in August of 1989. Albert developed a passion as an amateur radio operator, where he was known as Bert with call sign AC5Z. Albert was a lifetime member of the Nacogdoches Noon-Breakfast Lions Club. Albert also enjoyed the peace and quiet of the many forests in the East Texas area. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Albert is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Kenneth Fisher; sister, Dorothy Beck; niece, Karen Beck; and step-mother, Melva Babcock Fisher. Albert Fisher is survived by his wife, Lois; his three sons, James, Robert, and John; and daughter, Barbara Gilmore. Albert also has eight grandchildren: Lora Gilmore; David Gilmore and wife, Jessica; Daniel Gilmore and wife, Kate; and Sarah Gilmore, all of Bryan, Texas; Thomas Fisher and Gerald Fisher, both of Beaumont, Texas; and Scott Fisher and Alan Fisher, both of Plano, Texas. Mr. Fisher is survived by two brothers: Steven Fisher and wife, Janet of Teague, Texas; James H. Fisher of Centerville, Texas, sister-in-law, Misako Fisher of Lorton, Va., and Mary Vulchev and husband, Ned of Spanaway, Washington; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be his grandsons; David Gilmore, Daniel Gilmore, Thomas Fisher, and Gerald Fisher. Honorary pallbearers will be members and former members of the Noon Lions Club of Nacogdoches and Dr. Tom Atchison and Dr. Jerry Wilson. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Redeemer Lutheran Memorial Fund, 2306 Appleby Sand Road, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 or to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be offered at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com. Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home.