Artist, educator, poet; resident of Northern Virginia since 1947.
Her paintings were exhibited in many Virginia locations, she taught painting at Northern Virginia Community College and in Arlington Senior Centers. She served on numerous arts and environmental advisory committees including the Washington Metropolitan Chorus, the Arlington Symphony, the Virginia Watercolor Society, the Goose Creek Scenic River Advisory Board, and Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads where she had lived since 1996.
National affiliations included: Planned Parenthood, Future Homemakers of America, the League of Women Voters, the National Federation of Democratic Women, and the National League of American Penwomen. She was very active in local, state and national Democratic Party organizations.
She held degrees from Reed College, George Washington University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. She co-authored Living Religion with her husband of 49 years, former US Congressman Joseph L. Fisher.
Husband and wife were founding members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Their family includes seven children, 17 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. She is survived by three daughters and three sons. A fourth son passed away December 29, 2011.
[Adapted from obituary published in The Washington Post June 17, 2012.]
Her paintings were exhibited in many Virginia locations, she taught painting at Northern Virginia Community College and in Arlington Senior Centers. She served on numerous arts and environmental advisory committees including the Washington Metropolitan Chorus, the Arlington Symphony, the Virginia Watercolor Society, the Goose Creek Scenic River Advisory Board, and Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads where she had lived since 1996.
National affiliations included: Planned Parenthood, Future Homemakers of America, the League of Women Voters, the National Federation of Democratic Women, and the National League of American Penwomen. She was very active in local, state and national Democratic Party organizations.
She held degrees from Reed College, George Washington University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. She co-authored Living Religion with her husband of 49 years, former US Congressman Joseph L. Fisher.
Husband and wife were founding members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Their family includes seven children, 17 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. She is survived by three daughters and three sons. A fourth son passed away December 29, 2011.
[Adapted from obituary published in The Washington Post June 17, 2012.]
Artist, educator, poet; resident of Northern Virginia since 1947.
Her paintings were exhibited in many Virginia locations, she taught painting at Northern Virginia Community College and in Arlington Senior Centers. She served on numerous arts and environmental advisory committees including the Washington Metropolitan Chorus, the Arlington Symphony, the Virginia Watercolor Society, the Goose Creek Scenic River Advisory Board, and Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads where she had lived since 1996.
National affiliations included: Planned Parenthood, Future Homemakers of America, the League of Women Voters, the National Federation of Democratic Women, and the National League of American Penwomen. She was very active in local, state and national Democratic Party organizations.
She held degrees from Reed College, George Washington University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. She co-authored Living Religion with her husband of 49 years, former US Congressman Joseph L. Fisher.
Husband and wife were founding members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Their family includes seven children, 17 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. She is survived by three daughters and three sons. A fourth son passed away December 29, 2011.
[Adapted from obituary published in The Washington Post June 17, 2012.]
Her paintings were exhibited in many Virginia locations, she taught painting at Northern Virginia Community College and in Arlington Senior Centers. She served on numerous arts and environmental advisory committees including the Washington Metropolitan Chorus, the Arlington Symphony, the Virginia Watercolor Society, the Goose Creek Scenic River Advisory Board, and Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads where she had lived since 1996.
National affiliations included: Planned Parenthood, Future Homemakers of America, the League of Women Voters, the National Federation of Democratic Women, and the National League of American Penwomen. She was very active in local, state and national Democratic Party organizations.
She held degrees from Reed College, George Washington University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. She co-authored Living Religion with her husband of 49 years, former US Congressman Joseph L. Fisher.
Husband and wife were founding members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Their family includes seven children, 17 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. She is survived by three daughters and three sons. A fourth son passed away December 29, 2011.
[Adapted from obituary published in The Washington Post June 17, 2012.]
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