Obituary for Raymond Ellis Fisher
Raymond Ellis Fisher
November 3, 1924 – November 16, 2022
Raymond E. Fisher passed away peacefully at home on November 16, 2022.
Born in Fairview, WV, to George W. Fisher and Anna E. (Sutton) Fisher, he grew up with a love of trains in nearby Silica where his family ran the general store. He graduated Elkins (WV) High School in 1942, and worked in Baltimore prior to military service.
In July 1944 he was enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained as an aerial gunner for WWII heavy bombers. Assigned to a B-29 Superfortress at White Sands, NM, he prepared for deployment with the 20th Air Force to the Asia-Pacific theater and the Japan Air Offensive at Isley Field, Saipan, two weeks before the war ended. Following enemy surrender, he flew on humanitarian missions in August and September 1945 to mainland Japan performing low-level aerial deliveries of food, clothing, equipment, and medicine to American POWs until they were repatriated to U.S. forces. At Camp Atterbury, IN, in March 1946, he was honorably discharged from service, then returned to his parents' home in Morgantown, WV.
He trained in Pittsburgh as an accountant, married H. Emogene Eisentrout in 1951 in Morgantown and lived in western Pennsylvania and Fairmont, WV raising six children. He worked long careers with Armour & Company, and Corrosion Control Corporation until his retirement at age 80. Ray enjoyed time with family and friends, travel, history, music, gardening, good jokes, ice cream, and family pets. He was a long-time member, Sunday school teacher, and elder of the First Christian Church of Carnegie.
Ray will be dearly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by his children: Paula (Jud Herter) Keefer-Herter, Sandy (Rich) Houghton, Janet (Dan) Leal, Joy (Stan) Rosenberg, Ray (Robin) Fisher, and Suzanne Fisher; grandchildren Brian (Pattie Kim) Keefer, Aaron (Tina) Keefer, Jordan (Tina) Houghton, Kelly (Nathan) Coutsoubos, Lydia Houghton, Megan (Chris) Cusack, Elizabeth (Dave) Kerns, Daniel Leal, Celeste Fisher, Austen Fisher, Garrett Fisher, Adeline Rosenberg, Ethan Rosenberg; great-grandchildren Caroline and Margot Keefer; Shayla Keefer; Isaiah, Wesley, Cesily, August, and Aili Houghton; Emmy and Eliza Coutsoubos; Levi and Jemma Kerns; brother H. Dale Fisher, sister-in-law Virginia Boone, brother-in-law Edward Eisentrout, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Emogene, son-in-law Gary Keefer, his parents, siblings Pauline Barry, Conley Fisher, and in-laws Ken Barry, Jackie Fisher, Francis Fisher, Wendell Eisentrout, Martha Friend, Clarence Eisentrout, Edna Sebold, and Bill Eisentrout.
The family extends their appreciation to Family Hospice for their care. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the time of funeral services at 11 a.m. at Beinhauer Funeral Home, 2820 Washington Rd., McMurray, PA (724-941-3211). Burial will be at Forest Lawn Gardens, 3739 Washington Rd., Canonsburg, PA. Memorial donations may be made to Family Hospice (https://www.upmc.com/services/home-health-care/hospice/locations/southwest-pa/family-hospice-west/supporting-patients-families) or First Christian Church of Carnegie, 501 Anthony Street, Carnegie, PA 15106. Condolences may be left at www.beinhauer.com.
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November 3, 1924 – November 16, 2022
Raymond E. Fisher passed away peacefully at home on November 16, 2022.
Born in Fairview, WV, to George W. Fisher and Anna E. (Sutton) Fisher, he grew up with a love of trains in nearby Silica where his family ran the general store. He graduated Elkins (WV) High School in 1942, and worked in Baltimore prior to military service.
In July 1944 he was enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained as an aerial gunner for WWII heavy bombers. Assigned to a B-29 Superfortress at White Sands, NM, he prepared for deployment with the 20th Air Force to the Asia-Pacific theater and the Japan Air Offensive at Isley Field, Saipan, two weeks before the war ended. Following enemy surrender, he flew on humanitarian missions in August and September 1945 to mainland Japan performing low-level aerial deliveries of food, clothing, equipment, and medicine to American POWs until they were repatriated to U.S. forces. At Camp Atterbury, IN, in March 1946, he was honorably discharged from service, then returned to his parents' home in Morgantown, WV.
He trained in Pittsburgh as an accountant, married H. Emogene Eisentrout in 1951 in Morgantown and lived in western Pennsylvania and Fairmont, WV raising six children. He worked long careers with Armour & Company, and Corrosion Control Corporation until his retirement at age 80. Ray enjoyed time with family and friends, travel, history, music, gardening, good jokes, ice cream, and family pets. He was a long-time member, Sunday school teacher, and elder of the First Christian Church of Carnegie.
Ray will be dearly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by his children: Paula (Jud Herter) Keefer-Herter, Sandy (Rich) Houghton, Janet (Dan) Leal, Joy (Stan) Rosenberg, Ray (Robin) Fisher, and Suzanne Fisher; grandchildren Brian (Pattie Kim) Keefer, Aaron (Tina) Keefer, Jordan (Tina) Houghton, Kelly (Nathan) Coutsoubos, Lydia Houghton, Megan (Chris) Cusack, Elizabeth (Dave) Kerns, Daniel Leal, Celeste Fisher, Austen Fisher, Garrett Fisher, Adeline Rosenberg, Ethan Rosenberg; great-grandchildren Caroline and Margot Keefer; Shayla Keefer; Isaiah, Wesley, Cesily, August, and Aili Houghton; Emmy and Eliza Coutsoubos; Levi and Jemma Kerns; brother H. Dale Fisher, sister-in-law Virginia Boone, brother-in-law Edward Eisentrout, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Emogene, son-in-law Gary Keefer, his parents, siblings Pauline Barry, Conley Fisher, and in-laws Ken Barry, Jackie Fisher, Francis Fisher, Wendell Eisentrout, Martha Friend, Clarence Eisentrout, Edna Sebold, and Bill Eisentrout.
The family extends their appreciation to Family Hospice for their care. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the time of funeral services at 11 a.m. at Beinhauer Funeral Home, 2820 Washington Rd., McMurray, PA (724-941-3211). Burial will be at Forest Lawn Gardens, 3739 Washington Rd., Canonsburg, PA. Memorial donations may be made to Family Hospice (https://www.upmc.com/services/home-health-care/hospice/locations/southwest-pa/family-hospice-west/supporting-patients-families) or First Christian Church of Carnegie, 501 Anthony Street, Carnegie, PA 15106. Condolences may be left at www.beinhauer.com.
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