Wilber Gemberling Fisher
W.G. "Bud" "Bill" Fisher

"Bud," "Bill" Fisher , Brother, Uncle, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather and friend to many, died at the age of 82 at Providence St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, CA on May 25, 2014 after a battle with cancer.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Dr. Nelson Franklin and Miriam Gertrude (Wilber) Fisher, both deceased. The oldest of five siblings, he is survived by three sisters: Diana Lee (Fisher) Fox of Las Vegas NV, Lynn Allison (Fisher) Walker of Ventura CA and Carla Kay Fisher of Carlisle PA. He was predeceased by a brother, Kim Kirby Fisher of Chicago Ill.

He married Betty Hanovan in 1959 and they had one daughter, Pamela Ruth (Fisher) Higginbotham and two granddaughters, Charleen (Higginbotham) Stewart and Shirley Jean Higginbotham. Bud was great-grandfather of Hunter Michael and Henry Vincent Higginbotham and Gage Allen Stewart and of Gwendelyn Lane and Isaac Alexander Higginbotham, all of Washington

Bud completed High School in two years at the University of Chicago Laboratory School and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from George Washington University in St. Louis, MO in June, 1953, where he participated in softball, football and wrestling. He later went on to receive his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

He was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy on November 11, 1953 and served on active duty in Korea, Japan and England. He was assigned as Electronics Material Officer in the Middle East during operations in Lebanon in 1958 and was discharged on May 5, 1959 but continued to serve in the Naval Reserves, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant on June 10, 1965.

His awards included the Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

On release from the service, he worked for Xerox in positions of increasing responsibility for over 32 years.

His interests were many and varied – he was a voracious reader, was a licensed pilot, built an organ, enjoyed gourmet cooking, tasting fine wines, and managing his stock portfolio. He participated in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)@home program, a scientific experiment using interconnected Internet computers to download and analyze radio signals, under the auspices of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.

We will especially miss his computer expertise, his broad network of friends and his dry, but mischievous sense of humor.