Rev. Gary A. Risher
Warren
Formerly of North Apollo
Rev. Gary A. Risher, 56, of Warren, formerly of North Apollo, died 7:40 p.m. Saturday (June 7, 2003) at his home following a two-year illness.
Born Nov. 2, 1946, in Vandergrift, he lived in North Apollo before moving to Warren in 1982.
He was a 1964 graduate of Apollo Ridge High School and received a bachelors degree in history and geology from Thiel College, Greenville, in 1968. He was ordained a Lutheran minister at Gettysburg Seminary in 1972.
Rev. Risher was a pastor at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Monessen from 1972 to 1974, at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Swissvale from 1974 to 1982 and at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Warren from 1982 to 2001.
He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Warren and was awarded the William A. Passavant Award for distinguished service from Thiel College in 1990.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Allen Risher; a son, Fred D. Risher of Warren; two daughters, Melinda E. Risher of Pittsburgh and Amanda I. Risher at home; his mother, Dorothy Wood Risher of North Apollo; and a brother, Donald W. Risher of North Apollo.
He was preceded in death by his father, Fred C. Risher.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church. The Rev. Richard D. Niewochner will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Apollo.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Warren
Formerly of North Apollo
Rev. Gary A. Risher, 56, of Warren, formerly of North Apollo, died 7:40 p.m. Saturday (June 7, 2003) at his home following a two-year illness.
Born Nov. 2, 1946, in Vandergrift, he lived in North Apollo before moving to Warren in 1982.
He was a 1964 graduate of Apollo Ridge High School and received a bachelors degree in history and geology from Thiel College, Greenville, in 1968. He was ordained a Lutheran minister at Gettysburg Seminary in 1972.
Rev. Risher was a pastor at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Monessen from 1972 to 1974, at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Swissvale from 1974 to 1982 and at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Warren from 1982 to 2001.
He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Warren and was awarded the William A. Passavant Award for distinguished service from Thiel College in 1990.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Allen Risher; a son, Fred D. Risher of Warren; two daughters, Melinda E. Risher of Pittsburgh and Amanda I. Risher at home; his mother, Dorothy Wood Risher of North Apollo; and a brother, Donald W. Risher of North Apollo.
He was preceded in death by his father, Fred C. Risher.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church. The Rev. Richard D. Niewochner will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Apollo.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Rev. Gary A. Risher
Warren
Formerly of North Apollo
Rev. Gary A. Risher, 56, of Warren, formerly of North Apollo, died 7:40 p.m. Saturday (June 7, 2003) at his home following a two-year illness.
Born Nov. 2, 1946, in Vandergrift, he lived in North Apollo before moving to Warren in 1982.
He was a 1964 graduate of Apollo Ridge High School and received a bachelors degree in history and geology from Thiel College, Greenville, in 1968. He was ordained a Lutheran minister at Gettysburg Seminary in 1972.
Rev. Risher was a pastor at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Monessen from 1972 to 1974, at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Swissvale from 1974 to 1982 and at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Warren from 1982 to 2001.
He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Warren and was awarded the William A. Passavant Award for distinguished service from Thiel College in 1990.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Allen Risher; a son, Fred D. Risher of Warren; two daughters, Melinda E. Risher of Pittsburgh and Amanda I. Risher at home; his mother, Dorothy Wood Risher of North Apollo; and a brother, Donald W. Risher of North Apollo.
He was preceded in death by his father, Fred C. Risher.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church. The Rev. Richard D. Niewochner will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Apollo.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Warren
Formerly of North Apollo
Rev. Gary A. Risher, 56, of Warren, formerly of North Apollo, died 7:40 p.m. Saturday (June 7, 2003) at his home following a two-year illness.
Born Nov. 2, 1946, in Vandergrift, he lived in North Apollo before moving to Warren in 1982.
He was a 1964 graduate of Apollo Ridge High School and received a bachelors degree in history and geology from Thiel College, Greenville, in 1968. He was ordained a Lutheran minister at Gettysburg Seminary in 1972.
Rev. Risher was a pastor at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Monessen from 1972 to 1974, at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Swissvale from 1974 to 1982 and at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Warren from 1982 to 2001.
He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Warren and was awarded the William A. Passavant Award for distinguished service from Thiel College in 1990.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Allen Risher; a son, Fred D. Risher of Warren; two daughters, Melinda E. Risher of Pittsburgh and Amanda I. Risher at home; his mother, Dorothy Wood Risher of North Apollo; and a brother, Donald W. Risher of North Apollo.
He was preceded in death by his father, Fred C. Risher.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church. The Rev. Richard D. Niewochner will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Apollo.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
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