Buster Eugene Fisher

The family moved across several Oklahoma towns in Buster’s early years as they followed the state’s rapidly growing oil fields. This instilled a desire to be community-minded that defined Buster’s life as he served those around him wherever he went.

By 1944, the family had settled down in Edmond, Oklahoma. Ten years later, on his 17th birthday, Buster joined the Navy. He went on to earn his GED and complete Class “A” Machinist Mate School at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois. He joined the fleet aboard the USS Renville APA 227 in San Diego, California, serving on two tours across the globe to locations including Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Hong Kong and Eniwetok Island for Operation “Hardtack.” He was honorably discharged after four years of active and five years of inactive duty, finishing as a Machinist Mate Third Class.

During his time in the Navy, he married Marlene Monfre in 1955, with whom he shared a more than 50-year marriage and four children. After the birth of their first daughter, the couple moved to Milwaukee, WI, to be closer to family.

Buster spent his years in Milwaukee working as a repairman, Pennzoil salesman and opening his first business, Bud’s Spur Gasoline Service Station. He worked at his first glass sales job, where he was later promoted to general manager of all Milwaukee stores for the Globe Glass and Mirror, becoming “rookie manager of the year.” He moved with his family, now filled with four young children, to the Brown Deer suburb of Milwaukee, where he served as a volunteer firefighter, joined the Lions International, and chaired several community boards and committees.

The cold pushed Buster to move his family back to Oklahoma. Within a year of being back in Oklahoma, in 1976, he opened “AAA” Glass and Mirror. The successful business, located for years at 12th and Broadway and home of the big, blue, happy hippo landmark in Edmond, continues in the family for a third generation.

Buster’s zest for community found many outlets in Edmond. He ran for city council, and was appointed to and eventually chaired the city’s Board of Appeals and Adjustments. SK Buster Fisher joined the Knights of Columbus in 1984 and was granted the status of Honorary Life Member for his 41 years of service. He served as a Grand Knight for Council 6477 from 1993-1994 and again in 2000-2001. He was Faithful Navigator of Tierney 4th Degree Assembly from 1997-1998 and District Master of 4th Degree from 2012 to 2013. He was the past state deputy for the Oklahoma Knights of Columbus from 2003 to 2005.

After the death of his beloved wife Marlene, Buster married Connie, with whom he shared several happy years of marriage and service to the church and community. When Connie passed, Buster reconnected with Geri, a lifetime friend of the family, and they spent his last six years enjoying life together with family.

Both parents preceded Buster in death, as well as his brother Clarence Ray “Ram” Fisher, of Tulsa, and sister D. Loucile Johnson, of Oklahoma City. Marlene Fisher preceded her husband in death. And Buster’s second wife, Connie, also preceded him in death.

Buster is survived by his four children, Linda and husband James, Gregory and wife Miho, Pamela and husband Mike, and Patrick and wife Theresa. He is survived by grandchildren Michael and Josh Leonard; Alicia and husband Matt Fletcher, Michael, Jonathan and wife Whitney, Rebekah and Kayla Branch; and Zachariah Fisher and wife Vanessa. Great-grandchildren Joshua Leonard; Kurstin Fletcher; Ava, Ellis, Eva and Emma Branch; and Gabriella and Gianna Fisher and Great-great-grandchild Layla.

A visitation for Buster will be held Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Baggerley Funeral Home, 930 South Broadway, Edmond, OK 73034. A rosary will occur Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM, 930 South Broadway, Edmond, OK 73034.

A Mass of Christian Burial will occur Friday, February 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 900 S Littler Ave, Edmond, OK 73034, followed by a committal service at 3:30 PM at Crescent Cemetery, 8100-8192 N. May Ave, Crescent, OK 73028.