Spotlight on: Eldon Fisher
Area Extension Agent (4-H/Youth)
Golden Plains Area - Yuma
County
Hello. My name is
Eldon Fisher. I was born on September 4, 1948 in Wray, Colorado (Yuma County)
to Loren and Cora Fisher and youngest of seven children. We had a dairy and
lived on a dry-land wheat farm eleven miles southeast of Wray or five miles
north of the historical site, Beecher Island.
I attended elementary,
junior high and high school in Wray where I was active in extracurricular
activities such as athletics, school plays, band, FFA and served as the senior
class president. Outside of school I participated in my church youth group and
was a member of 4-H in the Dry Willow Healthy Livestock 4-H Club.
My 4-H
projects included Dairy, Swine, Woodworking, Forestry and Electricity. I was
elected as the Yuma County 4-H Council President in 1966. Summers were busy
with working on the farm, 4-H and playing baseball. After my father’s
death in 1962, my mother and I continued to live on the farm until I graduated
from high school in 1966. My mother moved to Wray that summer and I traveled
and worked on a harvest crew going from Altus, Oklahoma to Pampa, Texas and
north to New England, North Dakota.
In the fall of 1966 I entered
college at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado and graduated in 1971
with a BA degree in Physical Education and Industrial Arts. Upon completing
college, I returned to Wray where I was employed by a trucking firm for
approximately three years. At this time I became self-employed in the trucking
business providing aggregate to local and area redi-mix plants and buying and
selling agriculture products.
In March of 1980 I accepted employment with Colorado State
University Cooperative Extension in the Golden Plains Area (Yuma County) as a
Youth (4-H) Area Extension Agent and remain to this day. I completed a Master
of Education degree in 1986 from Colorado State University.
My wife Edie
and I were married in 1973. She is a graduate of Chadron State College in
Chadron, Nebraska and a retired teacher of 33+ years in the Wray School system.
We have two children, a son Marc and a daughter Andrea. Both Marc and Andrea
are graduates of Wray High School and Chadron State College. Andrea recently
completed her master’s degree in Business Administration and works and
resides in Gering, Nebraska with her daughter Jaime. Marc’s BA degree
included Elementary Education, Physical Education and Recreation and is
employed by the US Forest Service. He was married in May of 2003. Marc and his
wife Samantha (Sam) reside in Chadron where she completed her undergraduate
degree in Family & Consumer Sciences with emphasis in Child Development in
December of 2003 and is presently employed with Head Start. They have a son
Parker and daughter Riah.