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Orpheus H. Fisher died on March 26, 1986, in his Danbury home in Connecticut, aged 85. His body was buried at Wooster Cemetery in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. Orpheus H. Fisher was the husband of American contralto Marian Anderson. He was born on July 11, 1900, in Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, to a.
Orpheus Fisher died at Danbury Hospital on March 26, 1986, at 85, following an extended illness. His memorial service took place at Danbury’s New Hope Baptist Church, a building he had designed. In 1992 Anderson went to live with her nephew, the conductor James DePriest , in Portland, Oregon.
Mar 26, 1986 · Born in Oxford, PA, to Pauline Conline Fisher and George Albert Fisher, Orpheus Hodge Fisher soon moved with his father to Wilmington, DE. George Albert Fisher taught at Lincoln University and sent Orpheus H. Fisher first to Friends Central School in Philadelphia and then to Wilmington High School. By the 1920s Fisher was already employed in ...
- July 11, 1900
- March 26, 1986
Born: 7/11/1900, Died: 1986. Born in Oxford, PA, to Pauline Conline Fisher and George Albert Fisher, Orpheus Hodge Fisher soon moved with his father to Wilmington, DE. George Albert Fisher taught at Lincoln University and sent Orpheus H. Fisher first to Friends Central School in Philadelphia and then to Wilmington High School.
Orpheus Hodge “King” Fisher. Birth. 11 Jul 1900. Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Death. 26 Mar 1986 (aged 85) Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. Burial. Wooster Cemetery. Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map. Plot. Section R, Lot F-26. Memorial ID. 221017698. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 3.
Anderson bought her beloved farm in Danbury, CT, with her husband, Orpheus Fisher. Despite her reverence and Fisher being able to pass as white, the couple still encountered racism while...
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On July 17, 1943, Anderson became the second wife of architect Orpheus H. "King" Fisher in Bethel, Connecticut. Fisher had asked her to marry him when they were teenagers, but she declined at that time because she feared it would have forestalled her music career.
