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I am Ginny's granddaughter. More information about her follows:
Virginia Lee "Ginny" Slusher Fisher, 84, of Arrow Rock died Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at University Hospital.
A celebration-of-life service will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, at Stollberg-Jackson Community Center - Old Schoolhouse - in Arrow Rock.
Mrs. Fisher was born Oct. 8, 1918, in Dover Township to Horace Emmett and Alice Virginia Engel Slusher. She married Theodore "Ted" Fisher on Nov. 9, 1946, in Lafayette County, and he survives.
She retired from the University of Missouri-Columbia as professor and chair of the child development and family life department. She received a Faculty-Alumni Award in 1977.
She held memberships in several professional and historical organizations.
She received a bachelor’s degree from MU in 1940. She also received a master’s in child development and a doctorate in social psychology from MU. She received a pilot’s license in 1944 and provided flight instruction. She also served as a warrant officer in the Civil Air Patrol.
She and her husband moved from Columbia to Arrow Rock in 1976. She supported the Lyceum Theatre, the Friends of Arrow Rock, the Historic Arrow Rock Council and the Arrow Rock Craft Club. She served as Governor’s Missouri Appointee to the advisory council for the establishment of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Train Association. She was awarded an appointment as Ambassador of the Santa Fe Trail for her service.
Survivors also include two sons, Michael Lee Fisher of Napa Valley, Calif., and Larry Ray Fisher of Columbia; one brother, David Francis Slusher of Lexington; and three granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother and a sister.
Memorials are suggested to the Child Development Laboratory Development Fund, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia; Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre; the Friends of Arrow Rock; or the Historic Arrow Rock Council in Arrow Rock.
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