Gary Scott Fisher

Scott Fisher passed away on August 5, 2025, at 80 years of age, in his Santa Fe, New Mexico home after a prolonged struggle with Parkinson’s Disease, with two sisters and a loving caregiver at his side.

Born in Buffalo NY, Scott eventually became the older and only brother to JoAnn, Toby, Diane (now deceased), Susan (who, at the age of 21 married Bill Mrosek, the brother Scott had always wanted), and Debbie (his fifth and youngest sister who came with Queenie, a consolation dog).

At 14, in a woody station wagon filled with eight people plus a dog, he and his family moved to Tucson, Arizona. He was a member of the first graduating class at Rincon High School and later graduated with an MA in social psychology from Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Shortly after graduating he was off to Tsaile, Arizona located in Navajo Nation where he thrived in his first full time job at Dine’ College (Navajo Community College). He loved both working with his colleagues and entertaining their children. In fact, Saturday mornings he’d open his home to the kids and together they happily played with his large supply of toys while watching cartoons on his state of the art television.

After a short stint in Escondido, California, he found his perfect home and his people in Santa Fe. A computer geek by anyone’s standard, he flourished at CSI and later at Vista Control Systems in Los Alamos. When the 58,000 acre Cerro Grande fire broke out in Los Alamos, Scott, true to form, offered his own home to store their computers.

He was the “go to guy”, known world wide. He was the absolute right person to help troubleshoot a problem with his beyond thorough explanations, directions, how to’s — he left no request unanswered, always tying them neatly in bows of humor and wit. When it came to helping various tech-challenged family members, his patience was tried and won (most of the time).

While most certainly an introvert, Scott readily drew people to him — there was no denying his kindness and unending well of generosity, nor his sarcasm and wit, delivered with his dazzling smile and sparkling blue eyes. His list of life long friends is impressive from work to family to neighbors.

Scott, without question, was always there for his family, housing them during troubled times, delivering unexpected gifts (suddenly a needed item would appear on the doorstep). Though he didn’t want to hear about troubling issues unless he could help, he listened with a nonjudgmental ear to their woes, made computer troubles magically go away overnight and on and on. His family knew beyond a doubt he’d support them in any and all ways. In his words, “The point here is that we take care of each other.”

We are all the better for having known him. He will be forever remembered and deeply missed.

Donations to Parkinson’s research in Scott’s name are welcomed.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation: https://give.michaeljfox.org/give/ The Parkinson’s Foundation: https://www.parkinson.org/?form=19983&tribute=true