Harold Edmund Fisher, son of Silas Edmund and Bertha (Lawrence) Fisher, was born on Feb. 13, 1919 at Peru, Nebraska and passed away on Jan. 27, 2015 at the Ambassador Care Center in Sidney, Iowa. Harold's youth was spent in Peru, NE where he was president of his class for all four years graduating in 1938 from Peru High School. After high school, he attended Peru State College.

During WWII years, instead of serving his country overseas (His eye sight was too poor to be drafted.), he served his community as coach of football and basketball at Peru H.S. In his second year of coaching, the basketball team went to the State Tournament.

On Feb. 4, 1945 Harold was united in marriage to Christina Rosenthal at Sterling, Nebraska. Their early married life was in Coin, IA. During this time he worked on a crew of carpenters building houses, shingling roofs, doing remodeling, etc. After his mother died, as a result of a car accident, they moved to his parents home in rural Coin. He engaged in farming on the family farm until his "good" eye developed an ulcer after having cataract surgery. He "retired" from farming and began working for 14 years at Farmaster, a Shenandoah gate making factory. When Farmaster was closing their business, he was a security guard for them. He remained on the farm until he was not able to see well enough to drive to Shenandoah. He moved to Forest Park Manor in Shenandoah. In January, 2012, he fell and broke his hip. He then moved to the Ambassador Care Center in Sidney, IA where he resided the remainder of his life.

Besides using his skills as a carpenter to make things, Harold enjoyed hunting, gardening and fishing. (The name Fisher could not have been more appropriate.) As a former athlete (NE State Hurdle Champion) and Nebraska resident, he was an avid fan of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers football team.

Preceding Harold in death were his parents, three brothers, and four sisters. He leaves behind his two children: Judy Barrett and husband Bill of Sidney, IA and Jerry Fisher of Cedar Rapids, IA; and many nieces and nephews.

Burial will be held at Elmwood Cemetery in Coin, Iowa.

Memorials may be directed to the Activities Fund at The Sidney Ambassador.