Obituary of Charles S Fisher ~ 1987

Transcribed by Joan S Dunn

Source: The Washington Post Oct 26 1987

Charles S. Fisher, 71, a retired disaster supply specialist with the 
American Red Cross, died of cancer Oct. 16 at Georgetown University 
Hospital.  
A resident of Upper Marlboro, Mr. Fisher was born in Oriental, N.C. He 
moved to Washington in 1928, and graduated from Armstrong High School and 
attended Howard University. As a young man he worked briefly for 
Hechinger's hardware and lumber company.  
He began his career with the Red Cross in 1941. He was a disaster supply 
specialist in the latter part of his career, and his duties involved 
coordinating Red Cross supplies and equipment at such disasters as the 
nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., and floods in 
Alabama and Kentucky.  He retired in 1981, but continued to work for the 
Red Cross on a volunteer basis.  
Mr. Fisher was a 59-year member of Ward Memorial AME Church in Washington.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine Fisher of Upper Marlboro; four 
daughters, Joyce R. Fisher and Catherine Booker, both of Upper Marlboro, 
Charlotte Fisher-Black of Oxon Hill, and Rita Fisher of Washington; one 
son, Charles A. Fisher of Fort Washington; one sister, Agnes Dunn of 
Washington, and seven grandchildren.





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