MaryEllen (Holbert) Fisher – 84, of North Reading, died Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Care One in Peabody. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles H. Fisher, Sr.

Born in Boston, MA on June 6, 1935. She was the daughter of the late Arless and Winnifred S. (Evelyn) Holbert. MaryEllen has been a resident of North Reading for the past 62 years and a member of St. Theresa’s Church.

MaryEllen has been retired from TJX Companies. She loved her family especially spending holidays with everyone. She was a collector of anything to do with Lighthouses, she also enjoyed reading and crossword puzzles.

Family members include her loving sons, Edward Fisher and his late husband Doug of Yardley, PA and Michael Fisher and his wife Carol of Reading and the late Charles H. Fisher, Jr.; her daughter, Mary B. Joyce and her husband John of Wilmington; former daughter-in-law, Sharon Fisher of Hampstead, NH; late brothers, Bernard B. and Richard Holbert and her late sister, Martha Melanson; grandmother of 5 and great grandmother of 4.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her memory to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are under the direction of the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading. www.croswellfuneralhome.com