Joseph W. Fisher

Joseph W. Fisher, 83, of New Columbia, passed away Wednesday morning in Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, following a one-year illness.

Born in Franklin Twp. on Jan. 22, 1938, he was the son of the late Chester and Esther (Schell) Fisher and spent the past 30 years in New Columbia after moving from Montoursville.

Joseph was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked as a mechanic for Trailways, Chemical Lehman and then Yellow Freight, from where he retired in 2001. He was a member and union steward for the Teamsters Union. He was also the owner of Fisher Mobile Home Park and Sales, New Columbia, from 1974 to 2007. He was active with the Boy Scouts of America in the 1970s.

He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by his wife, the former Lillian Albertson, on April 22, 2019; a sister, Carol Fisher; and three brothers, Woodrow, Benjamin and Jerry Fisher.

Surviving are two sons, Daniel Fisher and his fiancée, Joeanne Steras, New Columbia; and Charles Fisher, Montoursville; three grandchildren, Daniel Jr. and Emily J. Fisher and Lee Marco Weaver; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Susan Spudes, Bloomsburg; a brother, Lloyd Fisher and his wife, Cindy, Catawissa; and several nieces and nephews.

His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday from Harman Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc. (West), 1265 Rock Glen Road, Rock Glen.

Burial will follow in Black Creek United Methodist Cemetery, Sugarloaf Twp.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association at www.heart

.org or American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.

Online condolences may be entered and more information is available at www

.harmanfuneral.com.