Submitted by: Dan Rich

Philip E. Fisher

Oct. 13, 1962 - April 27, 2000

South Bend Tribune 4/30/2000

Philip E. Fisher, M.D., 37, of Granger, Ind., passed away following an extended illness at 10:50 a.m. on Thurs-day, April 27, in his residence. Dr. Fisher was born on Oct. 13, 1962, in Columbus, Ohio. He was a former family practice physician at the South Bend Clinic. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward E. Fisher.

On Aug. 18, 1984, in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, Ind., he married Alisa M. Hardiman, who survives. He is also survived by two daughters, Mary Adelaide Fisher and Katheryn Bridget Fisher, both at home; his mother, Phyllis M. Fisher of Galloway, Ohio; a sister, Mary Fisher Gillespie of Centerville, Ohio; and two brothers, William E. Fisher, M.D., of Houston, Texas, and Edward W. Fisher of Bradenton, Fla.

Dr. Fisher was a member of St. Pius X Parish and Knights of Columbus Council #4263. He was a valedictorian as a 1980 graduate of Bishop Ready High School in Columbus, a high honors and Joyce Scholar 1984 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, and graduated from the University of Cincinnati Medical School in 1988. A resident with St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in South Bend, he worked as a family physician in South Bend until 1996. Dr. Fisher served as a volunteer for the Department of Medical Education at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center and for the Habitat for Humanity.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, where a parish Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Notre Dame Scholarship Fund or to Hospice of St. Joseph County.