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FISHER --
1934 - 2008 Kenneth Joe Fisher, known as Joe or Joseph, 73, a resident of Tijeras and former longtime resident of Belen, went to meet our Lord on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, with his family by his side. Born June 12, 1934, to Chester Jackson and Rebecca Vineyard Fisher in Stanley, NM, he attended school there through the seventh grade. He and is parents moved to Los Costancia in the Belen area, and he attended school through the ninth grade, then went to Keene, Texas and graduated from Southwestern Seventh Day Adventist Junior College. In 1954, he moved to Albuquerque, and shortly after, met the love of is life Glenda Nell Culp, in Belen. They were married on June 12, 1957, and were happily married for 51 years until his death. He worked for many places and enjoyed many trades, being employed in road and building construction and the AT&SF Railroad in Belen from 1958 to 1967. He and his wife, Glenda, owned and operated Culp's Western Wear and Automotive from 1966 to 2004. In 1982, he developed and subdivided land in Tijeras until his death. He is survived by his wife, Glenda (Culp) Fisher; their three children, Gerald Fisher of Coppell, Texas, Anita and Clyde Wages of Belen, and Susan and Kent Miller of Belen; nine grandchildren, Tamra and husband, Kevin Scott, Kristin D. and husband, Earl E. Chavez, Joshua and Jessica Thomson, Marc and Ryan Miller, Carlton, Brian and Kristen A. Fisher; their great-grandchildren, Earl B. and Kaitlyn Chavez, and Hendrix Scott two brothers, Jack and Chester W. and wife, Margaret Fisher; two sisters, Effie and husband, Howard Birch, and Reba Mooney; a sister-in-law, Iris Fisher; a brother-in-law, George R. Culp; and 13 nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Belen. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the First Methodist Church, 75 Manzano Expressway in Rio Communities. Pastors Jay Armstrong and Bob Whitis will officiate at the service.
Published on: Fri April 11, 2008
