Albert L. 'Al' Fisher

HOT SPRINGS — Albert L. "Al" Fisher, 65, went to join the ancestors on Sunday, March 27, 2005, at Polson.

Born in St. Ignatius on July 2, 1939, to Joseph Fisher and Florence Pelletier Fisher, he was raised as a small child up the West Fork of the Bitterroot and later raised in the Jocko and Niarada areas by family after his mother died.

Al attended MSU where he was an art major and studied several other fields. However, he was a woodsman by trade. Al also worked for the Tribe but the forest was always his first love.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his step-parents, Mamie and Pete Fisher; his wives, Dorothy (Craft) Fisher, Karen (Satterlee) Fisher, and Sandra Fisher, Billings; a stepson, Bobby "Bozo" Craft; brothers and sisters, George, Bill, Pat and Kenny Fisher, Lucille and Virginia, and two sisters who died as children.

Survivors include his daughter, Mamie "Ede" (Lloyd) Barnaby of Ronan; sons, Donald Richard Fisher of Spokane and James Fisher; stepchildren, Steve Craft and Theresa Craft; brother, Wesley Fisher of Salem, Ore., as well as number of grandchildren, close friends, cousins, nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was held March 31 at the Jocko Catholic Church. Interment was in the Jocko Catholic Cemetery.