Roy Laverne Fisher

Danville, Ill. -- Roy Laverne Fisher passed away on November 26, 2010 at 6:40 p.m. CST at Logan Healthcare Facility in Danville. Roy was born in Kingman, Indiana on March 2, 1921 to Iola "Oveta" Clore Fisher and John "Johnnie" Hartman Fisher. As a young man Roy worked at the Kingman IGA, on local farms with his father, and at Harrison Steel in Attica, Indiana. Roy worked as a guard at the Central Foundry plant in Tilton, Illinois for several years, and as a lift operator at Neff Concrete in Danville, Illinois. Roy retired as an inspector, after 26 years, from Bohn Aluminum and Brass Co. in 1983. Roy graduated from Kingman High School in 1939. During high school Roy played basketball as a first string player, with four senior team members. The team won the 1936 sectional title for Kingman High School. He was elected Class President of his Class for three years. For over fifty years Roy would never miss attending his annual KHS alumni banquet. Roy enjoyed playing baseball and tennis in his twenties. He enjoyed playing the game of horse shoes, and playing a game of catch with his daughter and grandchildren. Roy was a fifty year member of the Danville YMCA. He was an excellent handball player and won several competitions at the YMCA. During his retirement years he enjoyed swimming daily at the YMCA. From an early age, Roy developed a love of hiking the trails of Turkey Run State Park, and he encouraged his daughter and grandchildren to enjoy the great outdoors too. Roy enjoyed big band music, and dancing. Roy met his wife of fifty-nine years at a dance in Cayuga, Indiana. Roy and Mary Nina Fultz were married at the Old Capital Building in Springfield, Illinois. After retiring, Roy enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He loved reading to his grandchildren and taking them on walks and adventures. Roy had a good sense of humor and he enjoyed a good joke. Roy was a redhead but he was bald by the time he was thirty years old. He liked to tell folks that he gave his red hair to his daughter. Roy enjoyed playing Euchre and the game of Aggravation with his family. Roy was devoted to his wife Nina, who passed away three weeks prior to his death. Roy was a member of the Kingman Christian Church, and The Second Church of Christ in Danville, Illinois. Roy was a sixty-three year member of the Kingman Lodge No. 314. He is preceded in death by his wife, his parents, two sisters, Grace Garrison and Pauline Mauk. Roy is survived by a daughter, Cynthia Katharine(Larry Elmer Smith), and three grandchildren: Katrina Smith(Nithin Shetty), Brendan John Fisher Smith, and Julie Katharine Smith, and niece Shelia Hehman of Kingman, Indiana. Funeral services: 1 P.M. (Indiana Time) Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at DeVerter Funeral Home in Cayuga, Indiana; Officiating: Ken Majors; Burial: Kingman Fraternal Cemetery in Kingman, Indiana with Masonic graveside rites by the Kingman Masonic Lodge No. 314 F Visitation: Noon (Indiana Time) Tuesday, November 30, 2010 until time of services at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the YMCA Youth Membership Program at the Danville Family YMCA, 111 North Vermilion, Danville, Illinois 61832 or a memorial of the donor's choice. Condolences: www.deverterfuneralhome.com.