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Obituaries

Fisher, Howard E.

Howard E. Fisher
Dies Suddenly At
San Francisco

Howard E. Fisher, 55, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Fisher, Clallam
county pioneers, died suddenly
Saturday October 5 at San Francisco
and was buried with full military
honors in Golden Gate military
cemetery Wednesday October 9.

At the time of his death Mr. Fisher
held the rank of commander in the
U.S. transport service. He had the
Navy Cross for valor at Pearl Harbor
and a service ribbon with bronze star.
Death came to Mr. Fisher while he
was at work at the army transport
service terminal at San Francisco.

Mr. Fisher was born at Port Angeles
July 17, 1891. His parents had settled
here in 1888 and his father, Elmer E.
Fisher started the first drug store
here. After attending schools here,
Mr. Fisher resided in the city most of
his life until moving to California
eight years ago.

Surviving relatives include the widow
Mrs. Vivian Fisher, San Francisco, son
Kermit Fisher, daughter Mrs. Joan
Davis and two grandsons and a sister,
Mrs. Paul Poulsen, Sr., the latter
living in Port Angeles. There are a
number of other relative in Clallam
county.

Source: The Port Angeles Evening
News, Oct. 12, 1946

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