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Lynn

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Fisher

October 8, 1921 – December 19, 2011

Obituary

Lynn "Bud" Fisher, 90, of Watersmeet, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, MI.      Bud was born in Chicago, Ill. on Oct. 8, 1921, son of the late Lynn G. and Mabel Mildred Fisher. Bud's father died when he was two years old. His mother remarried when Bud was ten years old. He attended Tilden Technical High School.      At the age of 21, he was drafted into the Army Air Force and shortly thereafter married Eleanor Kazlausky. He was very proud of his time in the military. He was sent to England, where he served as an armorer in the Eighth Air Force, 490th Bomb Group, 848th Bomb Squadron. During his time there he invented a bomb hoist to more efficiently load the bombs onto B-17s. On Oct. 8, 1945, he was honorably discharged and returned to live with his wife in Chicago.      Bud then opened his own car repair business and lived in the Chicago area until 1965, when he and his wife decided to live a quieter life in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Bud was very content with earning a living by doing odd jobs for residents in the Clearwater Lake area where they lived. He especially enjoyed puttering around in his own garage and rebuilding Jeeps from the Second World War. Ten years after Eleanor passed, Bud married Mary Ann Caron. They lived happily until her death in 2007.       Bud was a member of Watersmeet American Legion Post 417 and Land O'Lakes VFW Post 8400.      Surviving are a sister, Carolyn (Louis) Viverito, Burbank, Ill.; nephew, Dean Viverito, Burbank; two nieces, Diane Viverito, LaGrange Park, Ill., and Marianne Viverito Chmela, Oak Lawn, Ill.; five great-nephews; special friends, Kathy Stupak-Thrall and Larry Garrison, both of Watersmeet; and many other close friends who were helpful to Bud. His family will be forever grateful for all the love, respect and help shown by those friends, and to the VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain for all their care and compassion for Bud during his final days.       Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 19th at 11 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Watersmeet, with the Rev. George Maki, officiating.  Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service at the church.      Committal services and interment will follow in the Watersmeet Township Cemetery, where full military rites will be accorded by the combined Watersmeet American Legion Post 417 and Land O'Lakes VFW Post 8400 Honor Guard.      Bud's obituary can be viewed online and condolences given to his family at mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com.      Arrangements are entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home, Inc., Ironwood.
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