Obituary of Fay Fisher

Fay (Weitz) Fisher - of Vineland, NJ,passed away on August 7, 2017, surrounded by her family following many years of beating the odds in her fight against malignant brain cancer. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Herman and Anna Weitz. Following her father’s untimely passing while serving in the Navy, Fay, her mother Anna and her sister Ann moved to South Portland, Maine where she was raised from the age of 3. Fay attended Tufts University in Boston, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. In her final week of senior year, Fay connected with her husband of 40 years, Mark. After attending University of Pennsylvania Law School and briefly working in law firms both in Philadelphia and Vineland, Fay settled down with her husband Mark in Vineland, raised her two children, Josh and Jaime, and managed the employee benefit plans for the family business, B & B Poultry Co., Inc. In the community, Fay was active with the Beth Israel Congregation Sisterhood, served as president of the Bat Ami Chapter of Haddassah where she was instrumental in raising money for medical research at Haddassah Medical Center in Israel, and was a Lion of Judah award recipient. Fay also served on the board of directors of the Ellison School of Vineland, where both of her children attended. Fay was a dedicated “swim mom”, whose voice could be heard underwater cheering her two children at countless swim meets over the years. Nothing brought her greater joy than being Bubbe to her two grandchildren, Kayla and Zach, and spending weeks with them in Stone Harbor as well as many other special events over the past several years. Her grandchildren were her inspiration to fight as hard and as long as she did. Ultimately Fay was an incredibly loyal and caring wife, mother, bubbe and friend who always gave of herself, rarely asking for anything in return. She is survived by her husband Mark Fisher of Vineland, NJ, sister Dr. Anna Weitz of Reading, PA, her son Joshua Fisher of Glassboro, NJ, her daughter Jaime Proman and son-in-law Michael Proman, and grandchildren Kayla and Zach Proman of St. Louis Park, MN. a.