David Alva Fisher

David Alva Fisher, born at home in Lawrence County, Ill. on Feb. 11, 1935 to C. Ernest and Ruby I. Fisher, passed away on Feb. 2, 2011. He was predeceased by his parents and his brother the Rev. Kenneth Fisher. He is survived by the love of his life, his high school sweetheart, Miriam E. (Racop) Fisher, whom he’d been married to for 57 1/2 years; his brother the Rev. Max Fisher of Virginia; his daughter Cinda and her husband Ed Jenkins of Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County; his son Dan Fisher and his wife Donna of Fort Jones; his grandchildren, Justin Fisher and his wife Jenny of Bend, Ore., Lee and Russell Jenkins of Scotts Valley, and Ashley Fisher of Santa Cruz.; one great-grandchild, Dakota Grace Fisher and another one expected in May. David graduated from Palestine High School. He and Miriam then earned their bachelor’s of science at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill. David earned his master’s of science there, as well. He taught three years in Augusta, Ill. before the family moved to Santa Cruz, Calif. in 1960, where he secured a job teaching several different classes as well as being the assistant adult education administrator. He was also on the credit committee at the Santa Cruz Credit Union for many years. For his pre-early retirement project, he compiled the Hazardous Materials Brochure and made a video of the same, which three counties adopted at the time. Dave was reared in, and a member of, the Church of the Brethren. He attended the Community Church of God when living in Santa Cruz. He was a member of the Grange, a Mason and a life member of the NRA. He loved to camp, fish, hunt, boat, water ski, garden, butcher and help preserve foods. Everything he did was with meticulous accuracy and precision. For five summers Dave fished his commercial fishing boat, the Mercedes II, up and down the California coast selling mostly salmon. In 1985 Dave retired and moved to Siskiyou County, thoroughly loving the valley and the mountains. There will be a service at the Etna Berean Church at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Burial will be in the Fort Jones Cemetery with a luncheon to follow at the Greenview Grange Hall. Memorial contributions may be made, in Dave’s name, to the Scott Valley Grange #386 in Greenview. Girdner Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.

David Alva Fisher

February 11, 1935 - February 2, 2011