COL. WILLARD FISK, WHO LED 7TH, DEAD
Joined Regiment as Private and Served with it for Forty-Four Years
FOUGHT IN THE WORLD WAR
Was Former Head of Hudson & Manhattan Tube Co. - Had a Large Law Practice.
Colonel Willard C. Fisk, who served in the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard for forty-four years, rising from Private to Colonel, and in the Spring of 1918 commanding the regiment in France, then the 107th Infantry, died yesterday in his home, 2,600 Boulevard, Jersey City, at the age of 71. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Emory Street, Jersey city, at 2 P. M. tomorrowC
The death of Colonel Fisk was due to heart disease and gastric disorders, from which he had suffered for several months. He never had recovered entirely from the illness contracted on the western front which led to his giving up his command and receiving an honorable discharge from the army for physical disability incurred in the line of duty. His son, Captain Clinton E. Fisk, was killed in action in France while leading the First Battalion of his father's old regiment.
Secretary to Governor Abbett.
Colonel Fisk was a native of this city and was admitted to the bar in 1878 after studying law at Columbia and in the office of Governor Abbett of New Jersey. He was private secretary to the Governor from 1884 to 1886 and later became a member of the law firm of Parmly, Olendorf & Fisk, which had a large practice in Jersey City and New York. Still later he became President and General Manager of the Hudson & Manhattan Tube Company. For years he was active in New Jersey politics. He had served on the Board of Riparian Commissioners and was a founder of the Palma Club, a Governor of the Hudson Democratic Society and a former Secretary of the State Democratic Committee.
Joining the Seventh Regiment, N.Y.N.G., as a Private in 1874, he received steady promotion until he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, which he held at the time of his retirement in April, 1915. But he was not permitted to remain out of the service for long. In the following March the officers of the Seventh unanimously selected him to succeed Colonel Daniel Appleton, who had just retired, as commander of the regiment.
Led Seventh to Mexican Border.
He led the Seventh to the Mexican border, and, when the United States entered the World War, continued as its leader at Spartansburg, S. C., it having been incorporated in the Federal service as the 107th. He was one of the thirteen Camp Wadsworth regimental commanders to take the course at the Fort Sam Houston school of the line, where he graduated with honors.
In France during May and June 1918, he was frequently under aerial bombardment as an officer of the Twenty-seventh Division on the Flanders front with the British. When his illness developed as the result of exposure and overexertion, he was invalided home and spent several weeks in the military hospital on Ellis Island. He returned to his law practice in Jersey City.
Colonel Fisk was a member of the Lotos Club, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars and Veterans of the Seventh Regiment and a charter member of the 107th Infantry Post of the American Legion. He is survived by his wife, two brothers, Lyman Otis Fisk and Harrison Grey Fiske, the theatrical producer and husband of Minnie Maddern Fiske, the actress, and two grandchildren. Both of Colonel Fiske's brothers spell their surnames with a final "e."
Published in the New York Times 17 Jun 1927
Joined Regiment as Private and Served with it for Forty-Four Years
FOUGHT IN THE WORLD WAR
Was Former Head of Hudson & Manhattan Tube Co. - Had a Large Law Practice.
Colonel Willard C. Fisk, who served in the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard for forty-four years, rising from Private to Colonel, and in the Spring of 1918 commanding the regiment in France, then the 107th Infantry, died yesterday in his home, 2,600 Boulevard, Jersey City, at the age of 71. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Emory Street, Jersey city, at 2 P. M. tomorrowC
The death of Colonel Fisk was due to heart disease and gastric disorders, from which he had suffered for several months. He never had recovered entirely from the illness contracted on the western front which led to his giving up his command and receiving an honorable discharge from the army for physical disability incurred in the line of duty. His son, Captain Clinton E. Fisk, was killed in action in France while leading the First Battalion of his father's old regiment.
Secretary to Governor Abbett.
Colonel Fisk was a native of this city and was admitted to the bar in 1878 after studying law at Columbia and in the office of Governor Abbett of New Jersey. He was private secretary to the Governor from 1884 to 1886 and later became a member of the law firm of Parmly, Olendorf & Fisk, which had a large practice in Jersey City and New York. Still later he became President and General Manager of the Hudson & Manhattan Tube Company. For years he was active in New Jersey politics. He had served on the Board of Riparian Commissioners and was a founder of the Palma Club, a Governor of the Hudson Democratic Society and a former Secretary of the State Democratic Committee.
Joining the Seventh Regiment, N.Y.N.G., as a Private in 1874, he received steady promotion until he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, which he held at the time of his retirement in April, 1915. But he was not permitted to remain out of the service for long. In the following March the officers of the Seventh unanimously selected him to succeed Colonel Daniel Appleton, who had just retired, as commander of the regiment.
Led Seventh to Mexican Border.
He led the Seventh to the Mexican border, and, when the United States entered the World War, continued as its leader at Spartansburg, S. C., it having been incorporated in the Federal service as the 107th. He was one of the thirteen Camp Wadsworth regimental commanders to take the course at the Fort Sam Houston school of the line, where he graduated with honors.
In France during May and June 1918, he was frequently under aerial bombardment as an officer of the Twenty-seventh Division on the Flanders front with the British. When his illness developed as the result of exposure and overexertion, he was invalided home and spent several weeks in the military hospital on Ellis Island. He returned to his law practice in Jersey City.
Colonel Fisk was a member of the Lotos Club, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars and Veterans of the Seventh Regiment and a charter member of the 107th Infantry Post of the American Legion. He is survived by his wife, two brothers, Lyman Otis Fisk and Harrison Grey Fiske, the theatrical producer and husband of Minnie Maddern Fiske, the actress, and two grandchildren. Both of Colonel Fiske's brothers spell their surnames with a final "e."
Published in the New York Times 17 Jun 1927
COL. WILLARD FISK, WHO LED 7TH, DEAD
Joined Regiment as Private and Served with it for Forty-Four Years
FOUGHT IN THE WORLD WAR
Was Former Head of Hudson & Manhattan Tube Co. - Had a Large Law Practice.
Colonel Willard C. Fisk, who served in the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard for forty-four years, rising from Private to Colonel, and in the Spring of 1918 commanding the regiment in France, then the 107th Infantry, died yesterday in his home, 2,600 Boulevard, Jersey City, at the age of 71. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Emory Street, Jersey city, at 2 P. M. tomorrowC
The death of Colonel Fisk was due to heart disease and gastric disorders, from which he had suffered for several months. He never had recovered entirely from the illness contracted on the western front which led to his giving up his command and receiving an honorable discharge from the army for physical disability incurred in the line of duty. His son, Captain Clinton E. Fisk, was killed in action in France while leading the First Battalion of his father's old regiment.
Secretary to Governor Abbett.
Colonel Fisk was a native of this city and was admitted to the bar in 1878 after studying law at Columbia and in the office of Governor Abbett of New Jersey. He was private secretary to the Governor from 1884 to 1886 and later became a member of the law firm of Parmly, Olendorf & Fisk, which had a large practice in Jersey City and New York. Still later he became President and General Manager of the Hudson & Manhattan Tube Company. For years he was active in New Jersey politics. He had served on the Board of Riparian Commissioners and was a founder of the Palma Club, a Governor of the Hudson Democratic Society and a former Secretary of the State Democratic Committee.
Joining the Seventh Regiment, N.Y.N.G., as a Private in 1874, he received steady promotion until he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, which he held at the time of his retirement in April, 1915. But he was not permitted to remain out of the service for long. In the following March the officers of the Seventh unanimously selected him to succeed Colonel Daniel Appleton, who had just retired, as commander of the regiment.
Led Seventh to Mexican Border.
He led the Seventh to the Mexican border, and, when the United States entered the World War, continued as its leader at Spartansburg, S. C., it having been incorporated in the Federal service as the 107th. He was one of the thirteen Camp Wadsworth regimental commanders to take the course at the Fort Sam Houston school of the line, where he graduated with honors.
In France during May and June 1918, he was frequently under aerial bombardment as an officer of the Twenty-seventh Division on the Flanders front with the British. When his illness developed as the result of exposure and overexertion, he was invalided home and spent several weeks in the military hospital on Ellis Island. He returned to his law practice in Jersey City.
Colonel Fisk was a member of the Lotos Club, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars and Veterans of the Seventh Regiment and a charter member of the 107th Infantry Post of the American Legion. He is survived by his wife, two brothers, Lyman Otis Fisk and Harrison Grey Fiske, the theatrical producer and husband of Minnie Maddern Fiske, the actress, and two grandchildren. Both of Colonel Fiske's brothers spell their surnames with a final "e."
Published in the New York Times 17 Jun 1927
Joined Regiment as Private and Served with it for Forty-Four Years
FOUGHT IN THE WORLD WAR
Was Former Head of Hudson & Manhattan Tube Co. - Had a Large Law Practice.
Colonel Willard C. Fisk, who served in the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard for forty-four years, rising from Private to Colonel, and in the Spring of 1918 commanding the regiment in France, then the 107th Infantry, died yesterday in his home, 2,600 Boulevard, Jersey City, at the age of 71. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Emory Street, Jersey city, at 2 P. M. tomorrowC
The death of Colonel Fisk was due to heart disease and gastric disorders, from which he had suffered for several months. He never had recovered entirely from the illness contracted on the western front which led to his giving up his command and receiving an honorable discharge from the army for physical disability incurred in the line of duty. His son, Captain Clinton E. Fisk, was killed in action in France while leading the First Battalion of his father's old regiment.
Secretary to Governor Abbett.
Colonel Fisk was a native of this city and was admitted to the bar in 1878 after studying law at Columbia and in the office of Governor Abbett of New Jersey. He was private secretary to the Governor from 1884 to 1886 and later became a member of the law firm of Parmly, Olendorf & Fisk, which had a large practice in Jersey City and New York. Still later he became President and General Manager of the Hudson & Manhattan Tube Company. For years he was active in New Jersey politics. He had served on the Board of Riparian Commissioners and was a founder of the Palma Club, a Governor of the Hudson Democratic Society and a former Secretary of the State Democratic Committee.
Joining the Seventh Regiment, N.Y.N.G., as a Private in 1874, he received steady promotion until he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, which he held at the time of his retirement in April, 1915. But he was not permitted to remain out of the service for long. In the following March the officers of the Seventh unanimously selected him to succeed Colonel Daniel Appleton, who had just retired, as commander of the regiment.
Led Seventh to Mexican Border.
He led the Seventh to the Mexican border, and, when the United States entered the World War, continued as its leader at Spartansburg, S. C., it having been incorporated in the Federal service as the 107th. He was one of the thirteen Camp Wadsworth regimental commanders to take the course at the Fort Sam Houston school of the line, where he graduated with honors.
In France during May and June 1918, he was frequently under aerial bombardment as an officer of the Twenty-seventh Division on the Flanders front with the British. When his illness developed as the result of exposure and overexertion, he was invalided home and spent several weeks in the military hospital on Ellis Island. He returned to his law practice in Jersey City.
Colonel Fisk was a member of the Lotos Club, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars and Veterans of the Seventh Regiment and a charter member of the 107th Infantry Post of the American Legion. He is survived by his wife, two brothers, Lyman Otis Fisk and Harrison Grey Fiske, the theatrical producer and husband of Minnie Maddern Fiske, the actress, and two grandchildren. Both of Colonel Fiske's brothers spell their surnames with a final "e."
Published in the New York Times 17 Jun 1927
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