H. Jack Fisher, 97, formerly of Sutherland, passed away May 6, 2018, at Lancaster Manor in Lincoln.

Jack was born on July 30, 1920, in DeQueen, Arkansas, to Harmon and Bessie (Durham) Fisher. He was raised by his stepfather, Fred Lawson, and grew up in the Imperial area.

He joined the CCC’s in 1938 and was a truck driver and mechanic. While in the CCC’s, he helped build the roads at the Scotts Bluff Monument in Scottsbluff.

In 1944, Jack married Ilene Krauter, and they lived in the Paxton-North Platte area. They had three children, Doreen, Alice and Jack.

Jack was a mechanic most of his life and owned garages in North Platte and Paxton. In his younger years, he worked for Nielson Chevrolet in North Platte, Otis W. Beach in Ogallala, Cooksley Ford in Broken Bow, Bullock Chevrolet in Grant and Sidles in North Platte, as well as other garages in the ’40s through the ’70s. In the 1970s and ’80s, he worked for Humphry’s in Ogallala as a machinist. He also operated Frontier Gas Station in Paxton for several years.

Jack never knew a stranger. His loves were his family, cars, car races and Nebraska football. He had a new car every year, and most of the time, they were Chevrolets.

In 1996, Jack married Doris (Dot) Doty, and they made their home in North Platte until 2013, when they moved to Lincoln to live with Duane and Betty Hartman.

Jack was preceded in death by Ilene, his wife of 40 years; son, Jack L. Fisher; son-in-law, Ken Brand; sister, Mary Ellen Harris; and nephew, Duane Hartman.

He is survived by his wife, Dot of Lincoln; children, Doreen (John) Stout of Sutherland and Alice Brand of Jefferson, Georgia; granddaughters, Debra Stout and Shelly (Phil) Compton, both of Sutherland, Melanie (Perry) Sexton of Cumming, Georgia, Stephanie McCauley of Hartwell, Georgia, and Brandi (Mark) Lemon of North Platte; his grandsons, Richard (Shelly) Stout of Hershey and Scott Fisher of North Platte; great-grandchildren, Jayden McCauley and Cameron McCauley of Hartwell, Grant Sexton of Cumming, Rustin Lemon of North Platte, Elizabeth “Tootsie Wootsie” and Natalie “Sparky” Compton, both of Sutherland; brother, Ashe (Connie) Jones of Overland Park, Kansas; special niece, Betty Hartman of Lincoln; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials are suggested to the donor’s choice.

Services will be at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 11, at the Paxton Cemetery with Pastor Dale Fischer officiating. Trump Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of arrangements.