June Althea Fisher, 91
June Althea Fisher, 91, "went to be with the Lord" on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in LaJunta, Colo. She was born May 11, 1914 in Medical Lake, Wash., to George and Myrtle Keyes Camp.
When June was 3 months old, the family moved to Belt Park, Mont., where her father had a homestead. At age 14, she left the farm and moved to Great Falls to work for room and board and attended high school.
June married Joseph Clarence Fisher in August 1939 in Choteau. They lived in Great Falls, where Clarence served as a police officer for the city of Great Falls and June worked at the Detention Hospital. During this time, two children were born to this union. In 1956, the family moved to Kalispell, where they purchased a small farm south of town. Shortly after getting settled in to her new home, she went to work for Torbert's variety store, where she worked for 15 years. June retired from Fred Meyers in the 1970s. In her later years, she moved to Colorado to be near her daughter and family.
June enjoyed working in her church, First Baptist, where she had been a member for 40-plus years. She was a devoted choir member and was involved in the Kalispell Music Club that sang at different social events throughout the area. During her life, she had been a member of the White Shrine and had worked her way to become the Worthy High Priestess. She loved socializing with everyone who crossed her path and found great joy in doing for others. June will be remembered for her great cooking, particularly her famous turkey dinners and homemade pies. Mom was never a wealthy woman, but took great pride in getting all "fancied up." She was a very dedicated mother and grandmother.
When asked by her daughter if there was anything she could have included in her life, she replied, "I wish I could have pursued a singing career. I love to sing." Our reply to her now is that she left a song in everyone's heart that she had touched.
June was preceded in death by her husband, J. Clarence Fisher; sisters, Bessie Browning and Rita Haney; and three brothers, George, Sidney and Stewart Camp. She is survived by one son, Philip Fisher, and wife, Patty, of Kalispell; and a daughter, Karen Mosbarger and husband, Kenneth, of LaJunta, Colo.; grandchildren, Craig Fisher and wife, Suzy, of Mason, Ohio; Bradley Fisher and wife, Casey, of Vancouver, Wash.; Courtney Fisher of Kalispell; Charles Mosbarger of Alexandria, Va.; Marc Mosbarger of Atlantic Beach, Fla.; and two great-grandchildren, Brice Fisher, Charlie Ann Fisher and an expected baby in January 2006; as well as many extended family.
Visitation will be held from 12 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, in the Johnson Mortuary Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the 1st Baptist Church of Kalispell, with Pastor Jim Sandholdt officiating. Burial will be afterward at the C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. The family suggests memorial gifts be given to the Arkansas Valley Hospice, P.O. Box 1067, La Junta, CO 81050 or 1st Baptist Church, 301 W. Wyoming, Kalispell, MT 59901.
Johnson Mortuary and Crematory is caring for June's family.