Alice J. Fisher

Alice Josephine Fisher, 88, of 113 N. Meridian Street, passed away at her home at 1:39 pm on December 26, 2011. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, December 29th, at the Ed Lee Mortuary. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 30th, at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church, with Father James Koressel celebrant. Singers who were part of the St. Simon's Choir when it was under Alice's direction will provide music at the Mass. Interment will follow at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, in the family plot, next to her Mother and Father. Alice was born in Washington, Indiana, on March 18, 1923, to Margaret Ellen (Nell) and Edward (Ed) Andrew Keller. In 1944, she graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., with a double degree in music and English literature. Her great passion for music continued throughout her life. Alice's knowledge and love of music were a continuous inspiration to others, who came to appreciate and become involved in music themselves, because of her example. For many years, she directed the St. Simon's Choir, which was long recognized as one of the finest in southern Indiana. Every year, music fro...[more]

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he midnight Mass at Christmas was broadcast to a wide listening audience over local radio station WAMW-WFML. She was also active in the Mel-O-Aires musical group, and helped bring nationally-known ensembles such as Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians and The Beaux Arts Trio to Washington through the Community Concerts program. Alice lived in Washington, Indiana, for most of her life, and loved the community very much. For a brief time, she moved to Washington, D.C., but soon returned to her roots and her many, many friends in southern Indiana. Alice was always an avid reader and spent several years as a librarian at the Carnegie Public Library. She loved sharing what she learned and enjoyed preparing book reports that she presented to the Monday Afternoon Club. She never lost her curiosity and interest in new things; in the last decade of her life, she mastered the use of a personal computer for e-mails, to read national newspapers online, and to follow her favorite political personalities on the Internet. Alice was preceded in death by Albert G. Fisher, her husband of 43 years, her sister Margaret (Keller) Smith, her brother John Keller, and one grandson. She is survived by her eight children: Albert (A.J.) of Carlsbad, New Mexico; John of Fort Worth, Texas; Margaret of Seattle, Washington; Tom of Washington, Indiana; Jim of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Alice (Fisher) Hawley of Lothian, Maryland; David of Goldsboro, North Carolina; and Chris of San Diego, California. She is also survived by fifteen grandchildren, by one great-grandchild, and by her sister Mary (Keller) Cooke. Memorial donations may be given to Our Lady of Hope for the Immaculate Heart of Mary Adoration Chapel 315 North East 3rd Street Washington, Indiana 47501 or to Feed My Sheep in c/o Ed Lee Mortuary 101 North Meridian Street-Washington, Indiana 47501