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“He always had a smile on his face and a warm hug to greet you.”

“David had a zest for life,” Donna Patane said, her voice at times breaking in a eulogy for her cousin. He was remembered as a caring big brother, athlete, soldier, and someone who liked to joke and made people laugh. Brigid’s Church in David Fisher’s hometown of Watervliet, a working-class city on the Hudson River, overflowed with family, friends and fellow Guardsmen. Bagpipers played a dirge as more than 500 mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of a 21-year-old National Guardsman killed last week in Iraq. Mourners pack church for Guardsman’s funeral He said, ‘Don’t worry about me, I’m in a safe place,” Patane said.įisher is also survived by a brother and sister. I want him to return home safely and be able to look back on this experience and know in his heart how he truly made a difference.” In a recent company newsletter, DiMura wrote: “My son, David, and every soldier that represents our country could not possibly receive enough acknowledgment for what they are doing. “She saw her ex-husband, John Fisher, coming toward her, and he was crying and holding his closed fists to his eyes, and she just knew,” said advertising employee Lynette Berben.ĭavid Fisher, who served in the 42nd Infantry Division, was a 2001 graduate of Watervliet High School. The military has not confirmed the death, and details surrounding it were sketchy.įisher’s mother, Victoria DiMura, received the news surrounded by her colleagues, who had been gathering items for another package to send him.

Fisher shook the Albany Times-Union Wednesday, where his mother worked in the circulation department for about 10 years. A New York National Guardsman who had been in Iraq about a month was killed, his mother’s co-workers said. 1 while his unit was on patrol in Baghdad and the Humvee in which he was riding rolled over.ĪLBANY, N.Y. assigned to the 1st Battalion, 101st Cavalry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, Newburgh, N.Y. Fisher Died DecemServing During Operation Iraqi FreedomĢ1, of Green Island, N.Y.