ELOISE TILLER FISHER Passed away on March 21, 2013 at Sunrise Assisted Living Residence in Falls Church, Virginia, due to complications following a stroke. She was preceded in death by her husband, Colonel (Ret.) USAF, Charles Douglas Fisher in 1999. Eloise was born in Vernon, Florida, on September 5, 1923. Her family was among the original Homestead families to Florida, and her family's farm is recognized by the National Historic Preservation Society of Florida. Eloise attended Florida State College for Women until the beginning of WWII, when she went to work for the base Commander at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. There she met Lt. Charles Fisher, to whom she was married for 62 years. She was a devoted Air Force Officer's wife, raising a family and moving with his changing assignments throughout the U.S. until he retired in Arlington, Virginia in 1970. While in Arlington, Eloise continued her education and earned a BS degree in Accounting from George Washington University in Washington, DC. She was employed with the Department of the Navy for over 13 years. Throughout her life, Eloise was an avid golfer, bowler, ping pong player and gardener. She was an expert bridge player and a talented craftswoman. She was a bee keeper and became a certified apitherapist. She was also a docent with the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Survivors include her children, Bruce D. Fisher, Barbara F. Guy and Catherine F. DeMarr; six grandchildren, Charles Santostefano, Brooke Burtt, Bryan DeMarr, Todd Fisher, Justin DeMarr, and Erin DeMarr; four great-grandchildren, Daniel Aragon, Cameron Burtt and Sarah Burtt and Bailey DeMarr; and siblings Earldine Ankiewcz and Eugene Tiller. Eloise will be inurned beside her husband at Arlington National Cemetery at a date not yet arranged.

Published in The Washington Post on March 31, 2013