Elizabeth (Betty) Jean Fisher

Elizabeth J. (Betty) Fisher of Green Valley, Arizona, formerly of Hastings, Mi., passed away peacefully on January 3, 2008 at Casa Colina in Green Valley at the age of 90. Betty was born November 1, 1917 in Hastings, Michigan. In her younger years, she enjoyed the animals on the farm, and then went on to become an accomplished horseback rider and was especially fond of riding with an English saddle. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1935, then worked at Consumers Power Company before marrying Don Fisher in 1940. She then became a homemaker and helped Don keep the books for his successful electrical contracting business.\r
Betty and Don made their home at Leach Lake north of Hastings where they raised their three children, Mary, Julie and David. Betty was a devoted wife and mother, an avid gardener, reader, swimmer, bridge player and golfer, and loved working her puzzles while observing the birds and other wildlife surrounding her home. She was known throughout the neighborhood as the compassionate one who would take in injured animals and nurse them back to health, then release them back in to the wild. She shared her love of animals and nature with her husband and children. Betty also enjoyed watching any type of sporting event on television and was an enthusiastic follower of the U of A teams. Around 1980, Don and Betty bought a home in Green Valley, Arizona and eventually made it their permanent residence. Betty loved Arizona as she could enjoy the outdoors year around, along with the beauty of the desert, the wide open skies, the climate and the mountains, and refused to leave her beloved home even when illness struck. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Etta (Zelner) Blough and Obediah Blough, sister Mabel Penney, brother Vernor Blough, daughter Julia Sharpe and husband Don Fisher. She is survived by her daughter Mary Fisher of Hastings, son David (Bridget) Fisher of Jackson MI, and their children Anna, Tricia and Colleen, and grandson Alan (Donna) Zager of Livonia, MI. and their children Rachel and Sarah and many cherished nieces and nephews and good friends. A Celebration of Life service has been scheduled for Saturday, January 26th at 11 AM at Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, with family visitation at 10 AM and a cold lunch at the First Methodist Church immediately following the service. There will also be a memorial gathering in Green Valley on Sunday, February 3rd for her many friends and neighbors there, as Betty was respected and loved by all who knew her. Cremation has taken place in Arizona. Donations can be made in Bettyâ??s name to Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson, AZ 85743, Friends of Madera Canyon, PO Box 1203, Green Valley, AZ 85622-1203 , Valor Hospice Care, 1131 La Canada Dr, Ste 103, Green Valley, AZ 85614 or to a charity of oneâ??s choice. Arrangments are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net).\r

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