Norman Edward "Ed" Fisher, Age 70 years, 6 months, and 8 days, of Hondo, Texas, died on Wednesday, December 8, 2004. He was currently serving as mayor of the City of Hondo. Ed was a life long member of the Methodist Church. He was born in Muncie, IN, on May 31, 1934, the son of Frank James & Kathleen (Pitser) Fisher. Ed grew up in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. While in Corpus Christi completing flight training in 1957, he met Barbara Ilse, a native of Del Rio whose family was from the Sabinal area. They married in August 1959. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1972. He served as an aviator in the U. S. Navy for 22 years, retiring in 1977. Fisher worked for a flight simulator/visual system company in Arlington for 15 years. Retiring a second time in 1993, he and his wife, Barbara, moved to Florida and eight years later, in 2001, they decided to return home to Texas. He decided to get involved with local community government and was elected to the Place 5 position on the Hondo City Council in 2001. In 2003 he was elected mayor. He held a 32nd Degree in Scottish Rite and was a member of Hondo City Lodge No. 756, A.F.&A.M. He was preceded in death by his father and his brother-in-law Mike Ilse. Ed is survived by his wife, Barbara (Ilse) Fisher of Hondo; son, Michael Edward Fisher and wife Karen and grandchildren, Brendan and Bryce Fisher, all of Puyallup, WA; daughter, Catherine E. Fisher of Houston; mother, Kathleen Fisher Schroder of Hondo; father-in-law, John H. Ilse of Uvalde; sister-in-law, Beth Ilse and niece Ami Ilse Martinez, and nephew, Drew Browning Ilse, all of Houston; and uncle, William Pitser of Ortonville, MI. The Graveside Service was at 10:00 am Saturday, December 11, at the Sabinal Cemetery. Six Hondo Police officers served as casket carriers. NAS Dallas provided military honors. Following the graveside service, a Celebration of Life service was held at the First United Methodist Church in Hondo at 11:30 am.