Mary Ann Fisher

MARY ANN FISHER November 19, 1914 ~ January 13, 2012 Mary Ann Fisher died on January 13, 2012. She was 97. Mary Ann was born, Nov. 19, 1914, in Trenton, New Jersey to Charles Henry and Mary Light Fisher. The family lived in Pennsylvania until 1923 and then they moved to Bellingham, Washington when her father accepted the position of President of the Western Washington College of Education. She attended the Campus Elementary school, Fairhaven High School, the college at Bellingham for two years and then transferred to the University of Washington, where she graduated in 1936 in journalism and literature. She returned to the Western Washington College of Education and received her teaching certificate in 1938. Mary Ann Fisher taught at Boulevard Park in the Highline District in King County until she had to leave after being married because women teachers could not be married. After following her pilot husband from base to base during World War II, she and her husband and daughter settled in Seattle, Washington. She worked at the Seattle Times newspaper and the Seattle Public Library during this time. In 1955, Mary Ann Fisher and her daughter moved to Ephrata, Washington. She remarried and taught elementary school in Ephrata and then journalism and library science in several high schools in Grant County and in the Jobs Corps in Moses Lake. Mary Ann was known as an outstanding writer and she loved writing articles and long letters to friends and family. She was active in the Methodist Church, UNICEF, politics, and the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Later she retired, divorced, took back her maiden name and returned to Seattle. She became an active ESL tutor. In 2006, she moved to The Cascade Inn in Vancouver, Washington and enjoyed her stay there before moving to Highland Terrace Nursing Center in Sept. 2011. Mary Ann Fisher was preceded in death by her parents and her three brothers; Robert L., William H., and Charles F. Fisher. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Gunter Bahl; two grandsons, Brent and wife, Lane Bahl and Bryan and wife, Dianna Bahl; four great-grandchildren, Bradford, Carsten, Amelia, and Calvin Bahl; and nephew Charles and wife Diana and their family. The family wishes to thank the staff at the Cascade Inn and Peace Health Southwest Medical Center for past considerate care and especially thank the Highland Terrace staff and Hospice Southwest staff for their recent kind and very personal, compassionate care. A memorial service will be held on Sat., Feb. 4th at the Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church at 1:00. Memorial donations may be made to UNICEF or the Methodist Church.

Mary Ann Fisher

November 19, 1914 - January 13, 2012