Obituaries

Mrs. Fisher, who owned Sue Fisher Interiors, was known for historic home restorations in Garrett Park and Boston, Mass. She lent her expertise to the Watergate Hotel from 1991 to 1993. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. on K Street also was a client.

She was born in Washington, lived in Atlanta and Chicago while a child and attended elementary through high school in Chevy Chase. She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1956 and attended the University of Maryland.

From 1962 to 1968, she lived in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey. She went to Turkey as a Foreign Service spouse and later worked there as a secretary to a government contractor. She learned to speak Turkish fluently.

She was an active member of her high school reunion committee and maintained close contact with classmates worldwide.

Mrs. Fisher coached a Montgomery Soccer boy's team for 14 seasons. She was honored as Mother of the Year by the PTA at Wyngate Elementary School, where she volunteered from 1974 to 1979.

She was an avid golfer and a member of the Army-Navy Country Club.

Survivors include her husband of 47 years, William Douglas Fisher of Bethesda; two children, Charles D. Fisher of Poolesville and Laura S. Fisher of Frederick; two children she helped raise, Kristen S. Messenger of Rockville and Lisa P. Messenger of Bethesda; and three grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb