Norman Charles Fisher was born in Chicago on June 9, 1935, and grew up in Western Springs, a Chicago suburb. In his early years he spent summers working at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado. He loved to hike in the Rocky Mountain National Park. He led hikes from the Y-Camp to the top of Long's Peak and to many other destinations in the Park.
Norm was a weatherman at heart. He kept track of high and low temperatures and precipitation for much of his life. He knew the clouds and what they meant. He could predict when storms were coming, a useful skill when hiking in the mountains.
He graduated from George Williams College in Chicago with a Bachelor of Science degree. After college he went to work for United Air Lines in information technology. He was reservations data base coordinator, first in Chicago and then in Denver, Colorado, near the National Park where he had spent many happy summers.
Norm met his wife Linda at the First United Methodist Church of La Grange, Illinois, the church both their families had attended for many years. They were married in 1971. Following his retirement in 1998 Linda and Norm moved to Sun Lakes and joined the First Baptist Church. He sang bass in the choir, the octet and the male quartet.
Norm was the first director of First Baptist's handbell choir. Directing was a new endeavor for him, but he had played in handbell choirs for many years.
Norm passed away on January 15, 2020, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. He is survived by his wife Linda, his sister and brother-in-law, Janet and Stu MacNaughton, and his nephews Andrew and Steven Pidcock. He was preceded in death by his parents Glenn and Lelia Fisher and by his niece, Barbara Crusco.
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