Robert G. Fisher, 72, 504A Foster St., Monticello died Tuesday, May 5 in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. He had been seriously ill for the last seven months.

He was born Feb. 13, 1920, to Ray and Maude Hodshire Fisher, in White County. He was married Jan. 30, 1943, to Helen Kay Raper, in Monticello, and she survives.

He was a 1937 graduate of Monticello High School, attended Indiana University and later earned a bachelor's degree in English from Wabash College. He also attended officer's candidate school at Notre Dame University and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific.

He joined the staff of the Monticello Daily Herald-Journal in Dec. 1948, as sports editor. He held various positions on the staff until he and his wife acquired the newspaper, following the death in Sept. 1971, of his father-in-law Dewey Raper, the newspaper's publisher. He later served as managing editor and then president of the firm until he retired in April 1984.

He was a member of the Monticello United Methodist Church, past president of the Monticello Jaycees, past president of the Greater Monticello Chamber of Commerce, former adjutant of the American Legion Post No. 81, member and former secretary of Tippecanoe Country Club, member of Masonic Lodge, former member of the White Co. Memorial Hospital Board and past president and member of the Monticello Redevelopment Commission until his death.

He also was a former member of the Union League at Chicago and member of the Columbia Club at Indianapolis.

Surviving with his wife is a daughter, Mrs. Ann Lockwood, Austin, Texas; two sons, Jeffrey J., Indianapolis and John L., Kansas City, Mo.; one brother, William M., Staunton, Va.; and two grandchildren.

The funeral will be Saturday, at Monticello United Methodist  Church at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Michael Brown officiating. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Friday at Voorhis-Draper Funeral Home.

Burial will be in IOOF Riverview Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to charity.