Carol Ann Fisher

Carol Ann Fisher, age 74, of Worthington, Ohio, passed away on September 4, 2015. She was born on May 28, 1941, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Frederick S. Fisher and Jean R. (Pierce) Fisher. Growing up in Northport, New York on Long Island, she was a graduate of Northport High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on Religious Studies and Education from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Carol dedicated her personal and professional life to helping others and loving deeply. Her mission to help the neediest people of the world remained constant and unwavering as both an advocate and an educator. She worked with Church World Services to gain sponsorships to provide refugee resettlement services (reception and placement of refugees admitted to the U.S. from overseas). As the Education Outreach Coordinator for the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, she developed and implemented the "Be Poison Smart!" program in 1994. This program continues to provide poison prevention education to health care providers, students, parents and the general public. Carol was a founding member of “Simply Living” and coordinated their annual meetings, A Gift to Be Simple, Meet Simply Living, Socials, and Films – especially The Economics of Happiness that she screened more than 50 times with various communities. She was passionate about Simply Living's mission to create a compassionate and sustainable world through personal, community, and cultural transformation. Carol promoted Nonviolent Communication (NVC or Compassionate Communication) and enjoyed 10 years of living in an intentional community with husband Dan and housemates Barbara Pratzner and Ellen Baumgartner. She was a long-time member of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus. Carol’s love of nature was exhibited by her commitment to environmental sustainability, permaculture and native species gardening. Dan and Carol experienced many natural wonders in their travels together to 13 different countries on 5 continents, including Australia, Nepal, France, Costa Rica, and China. She took great joy in her grandchildren’s lives and her family and is survived by husband, Daniel Baer; children, Marcy Shultz (David), Chris Mulford (Adele), Michael Mulford, Jennifer Baer (Jeff Weller) and Chris Baer (Bethany); grandchildren, Madelyn Shultz, Hayden Shultz, Anna Shultz, Hannah Mulford and Callie Baer; two sisters, Tracy Newhouse (Richard) and Judith Marschke, and brother George Fisher (Hansine). She is remembered by loving in-laws, nieces, nephews and a host of life-long friends. Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 9, 2015 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home, 515 High Street, Worthington, Ohio. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 11:00 to 12:00 p.m. with Eric Meter officiating at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 West Weisheimer Road, Columbus, Ohio. Memorial contributions in Carol’s name may be made to “Simply Living,” PO Box 82273, Columbus, Ohio, 43202, simplyliving.org, or to “The Arc of Appalachia Preserve System,” 7660 Cave Road, Bainbridge, Ohio, 45612, arcofappalachia.org.

Carol Ann Fisher

May 28, 1941 - September 4, 2015