Robert P. Fisher

Robert Paul Fisher, 75, of O'Neill, lost his difficult battle to cancer on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 surrounded by his family at his home in O'Neill.

Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 at the O'Neill Community Center in O'Neill.

Burial will be in the O'Neill Cemetery in O'Neill.

Memorials may be made to the family for future designation.

Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill is in charge of the arrangements.

Robert was born March 9, 1950 in San Mateo, CA to Charles and Eleanora (Bredehoeft) Fisher. He lived in Redwood City, CA where he attended school up until the fourth grade. In 1959, Robert and his family moved to Bassett where his father got a job to do the plumbing of the new hospital. Robert was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1962, the same day as his older brother John. Robert attended high school in Orchard then attended Grand Island High School and graduated in the top 1/3 of about 400 students in the Class of 1968.

After graduating high school, Robert started working at a lumber yard before working with his father as an apprentice in plumbing.  

In 1970 at the age of 20, Robert and his parents moved to Brooklyn, NY to volunteer on a construction project at the world headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses. He then went to Walkill in upstate New York to volunteer at another facility of Jehovah's Witnesses, then known as Watchtower Farms. The two years he spent helping at these projects in New York are among his fondest memories, and he loved to tell others stories about all the good experiences he had there.

In 1972 the Fisher family left New York and returned to Broken Bow to work for Anderson Brothers plumbing. In 1975 they relocated to O'Neill and started their own business, Fisher's Plumbing. 

While attending a meeting at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in O'Neill, Robert met Lucy White, and they later got married on May 15, 1976 in Gregory, SD. To this union two children were born Abby and Ethan.

Robert had a fine reputation as being kind, generous, helpful and a very hard worker. He loved people and would make friends with everyone he met. As a good problem solver, one of his favorite things to do was to help others in practical ways. This included, among many other things, providing housing and vehicles to those in need, volunteering his time and expertise in the construction of over 100 Kingdom Halls across the Midwest and regularly helping others to learn about the Bible and apply its principles

Some of Robert's favorite activities were talking with others, telling jokes and stories, photography, scoring a good deal, hunting and fishing, and Jeeping in the Rocky Mountains in his treasured 1949 Willy's.

Robert is survived by his wife Lucy Fisher of O'Neill, his two children Abby (Nathan) Laughlin of O'Neill and Ethan (Jennie) Fisher of Prescott Valley, AZ, one grandchild James Laughlin, his sister Virginia Dawson of O'Neill, several brothers- and sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother John Fisher in 1968 and one niece Leah Dawson.