Paul S. Fisher

Reverend Paul S. Fisher passed peacefully from this life to join his heavenly Father on February 28, 2020. He was 91.  Born on November 11, 1928 in Abington, PA, Rev. Fisher was the son of Rev. Allen S. Fisher and Hattie (Swavely) Fisher.  He was ordained as a Lutheran minister on May 21, 1952 after graduation from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Rev. Fisher served Line Mountain Parish (St. John’s Lutheran in Leck Kill and St. James Lutheran in Pitman) from 1970 to 1993; Shartlesville Parish (Christ Little Tulpehocken in Bernville, Friedens Lutheran in Bernville, Friedens Lutheran in Shartlesville and St. Paul’s in New Scahefferstown) from 1965 to 1970; Bern-Leesport Parish from 1957 to 1965; and New Ringgold Parish (Zion Lutheran in Lewistown Valley, Christ Union in McKeansburg and Friedens Union in New Ringgold) from 1952 to 1957. After his retirement, Rev. Fisher served as Visitation Pastor for Trinity Lutheran Church in Leighton from 1994 to 1997 and for Trinity Lutheran Church in Pottsville from 1997 to 2013. His loved ones will remember his selfless and generous manner and the grace and peace of the Lord that he exhibited through the end of his life. He is survived by his two daughters, Hope Elizabeth Fisher and Mary Ruth Fisher-Warrick (husband, William Charles) and two granddaughters. He was preceded by his parents and his brother, Allen Fisher, his wife, Phyllis Irene Fisher and his son, Timothy Paul Fisher. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. 655 East Broad Street Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252. (570) 668-2550 Funeral Services will be held on Saturday March 7, 2020 from Zion Church of Lewistown Valley 489 Valley Road, Tamaqua, PA 18252.  Calling from 10:00 Am. until time of services. Interment  in the church cemetery, Lewistown Valley. online condolences may be sent by visiting www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com