Rev. Wayne A. Fisher, age 78, died June 28, 2011 after sustaining extensive
injuries from a fall in Helena, Montana. His wife of 52 years, Marilyn and his
loving family were at his side when he went to be with his Lord. <\/p>\n
Wayne was born in Fort Collins, Colorado and graduated from Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte Union
High School in California. His college studies were completed, after serving in
the Air Force during the Korean conflict. Although he received a B.S. degree in
Soil Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and was offered a position with the
U.S. Forest Service, he began Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA and went on to
graduate from Dubuque Theological Seminary in Iowa to earn his masters degree
and dedicate his life to the service of Jesus Christ as a Pastor. <\/p>\n
He served pastorates in Iowa before being called as the Senior Pastor for First
Presbyterian Church in Butte from 1980 to 1997 when he retired. He continued his
work post retirement, filling in at many churches in Montana. He performed over
170 weddings, his final one for his grandson, Christopher and Trudi Fisher in
December 2010. Wayne cared deeply about his work as a Pastor and helped anyone
who came to him in need. He loved reading books, newspapers, and other
literature, always learning throughout his life. He served on the boards of
Salvation Army, United Way and the Butte Food Bank among many other community
involvements. <\/p>\n
Wayne and Marilyn moved from Butte to Helena in 2008 to be closer to son, Dan
and family. He will be greatly missed by many friends and family. He was married
to the love of his life, Marilyn (Bowen) Fisher on December 19, 1958 and is
survived by she and their three children, Daniel Fisher and his wife, Miyoko of
Helena, Annette Fisher Richards of Renton, WA, and Neil Fisher of Marysville,
WA. He is also survived by his grandson, Christopher Fisher and his wife, Trudi,
and grandchildren, Zachary and Julia Fisher. <\/p>\n
A visitation to sign the guestbook for the family will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 1st at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. A public graveside service with military honors will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 2nd at Forestvale Cemetery. A celebration of his life will be 11:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Helena immediately following the graveside service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials may be made to the American Bible Society, or a charity of the donor\u2019s choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/411265_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}