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- airline captain; lived around NYC
R. Lee Bisher, 65, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, May 28, while vacationing on the Isle of Man. He was the husband of Helen Bisher, at home.
Born May 25, 1933, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of Edith M. (Hawes) Bisher of Bangor and the late Russell A. Bisher.
He was a graduate of Calvert Hall in Baltimore class of 1951. He then attended Lafayette College in 1952 and then the U.S. Air Force Officer Candidates School in 1953.
He served with the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam. He flew with the Strategic Air Command and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1966 as a Major.
He was employed as a pilot (Captain) for American Airlines from 1966 until retiring in 1995.
In addition to his mother and wife, he is survived by one son, Lee R. Bisher of Clinton, N.J.; two daughters, Dorothy and Margaret Bisher, both of Flemington, N.J.; two brothers, Roy "Kim" Bisher of Portland, Ore., and Stephen Bisher of Bangor; one sister, Kathleen Pritchard of Bangor; one grandson; and nieces and nephews. One brother, Bruce Bisher, died earlier.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, June 13, at 10 a.m., in Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 436 South 2nd Street, Bangor.
Burial will be in the East Bangor Cemetery in East Bangor.
There will be no calling hours.
The James B. Gaffney Funeral Home, 314 S. 1st Street, Bangor is in charge of arrangements.
The family request memorials to the Bangor Public Library, Main Street, Bangor, 18013.
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1933 - 1998 (65 years)