A boy from Bath lays flowers on the new grave marker for Lillian Fisher at Oak Grove Cemetery. Photo contributed by Meg Barker
Bath’s Fisher Mitchell School students gathered at Oak Grove Cemetery Nov. 5 to unveil a new grave marker for the woman who lent their school its name.
The fifth-grade history club last year raised $1,000 for the new stone through bake sales and art sales.
The new stone marker for Lillian Fisher. Photo contributed by Meg Barker
The school was named after Lillian Fisher in 1953 following a 50-year teaching career that launched in 1902.
The building was later renamed Fisher Mitchell in 1977, following the closure of the Mitchell School in Bath.
Librarian and history club adviser Meg Barker said students took an interest in Fisher’s impact on education about three years ago, after learning her grave maker didn’t mention her professional achievements.
Barker said the school invited Fisher’s great-great-nephew Paul Coombs to campus to speak about his aunt and ask for permission to place an additional stone on her grave.
Coombs gave his blessing, Barker said.
She said the project was almost immediately put on hold when the COVID-19 pandemic hit but regained momentum after launching the school’s history club last year.
The unveiling ceremony took place Saturday morning where attendees were led through the Pledge of Allegiance by local Girl Scouts and heard speeches by Coombs and history club member Payten Petersen. Students closed the ceremony by placing flowers on Fisher’s grave.
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