H. D. "Bud" Deryl Fisher

H. D. “Bud” Fisher Homer Deryl Fisher was born the son of Homer and Bessie (Cornett) Fisher on Sunday, October 3, 1915 in Dundee, Oregon. Bud attended school in Newberg. In early years he logged with a team of horses and took care of Prune Orchards in the red hills between Newberg and Dundee. He married M. Bernice Johnson on October 31, 1936 in Stevenson, Washington. She preceded him in death in 1986. They had one daughter, Penny Fisher-MacKinnon. Bud worked in the shipyards in Portland during the war and took care of the family farm in Sunnycrest. He continued to farm: at one time having dairy cattle and always his horses. He later raised hay and sheep to keep the place groomed. In the 1950’s he attended Moler Barber College in Portland earning his barber license. He worked in McMinnville and then Newberg for over 30 years. He had a lifelong love of horses and rodeo and recently celebrated his 50th year of attendance at the Pendleton Round-up as they marked their 100th year. As a young man he helped with the wild horses at the St. Paul rodeo and in later years helped with the branding and doctoring cattle on the Coleman Ranch in Molalla. His love of horses brought him many lifelong friends and his membership in the Yamhill County Sherriff Posse was a highlight of his life and he served that organization as Captain and in many other capacities. In 1974 he and his daughter attended saddle making school in Eugene and learned the art of western saddle making after which he had a saddle shop on his farm and did leather work form many people. He attended the First Presbyterian Church from the 1940’s when he was baptized with his daughter and was an active member in the Newberg church. In 1988 he married Carol Nadine Newby. On Monday, January 24, 2011 Homer Deryl Fisher died at a local care facility when he was ninety-five years, three months, and twenty-one days of age. Surviving and left to honor his life are: His wife Carol; his daughter Penny and her husband Richard of Molalla; two granddaughters, Heidi Layman of Molalla and Mindy Stacy of Superior, Wisconsin; daughter Linda and her husband Dennis Phelan; son Brian and his wife Joni Newbey; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and those who have come to know and appreciate him where he has lived and worked. His Memorial Service will be Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 2:30pm in First Presbyterian Church, Newberg, with Reverend Peter Blank officiating. Arrangements are in the care of Newberg Funeral Chapel, a Golden Rule Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.attrells.com The family asks that in lieu of flowers a donation be made in Bud’s name to the St. Vincent’s Heart institute or the First Presbyterian Church in Newberg c/o Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg, Oregon 97132.

H. D. "Bud" Deryl Fisher

October 3, 1915 - January 24, 2011