Death Notices

Elizabeth Mairi Fish

Elizabeth Mairi Fish died Dec. 4, 2008, at Clare Bridge of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Born in Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland, in 1913 to John and Christina McAlister, she attended the local school, followed by The Beacon School, near Stirling, and the University of Edinburgh where she gained a master's in geography.

She enlisted in the British Royal Navy and became a Wren (WRNS) Cipher Officer crossing the Atlantic in large convoys, including a crossing on the French ocean liner Ile de France. She was stationed in Washington, D.C., before the United States officially entered World War II. As a cipher officer, she coded and de-coded messages. This included a role at Southwick House near Portsmouth in England during the D-Day invasion of France in 1944.

During the war she met a U.S. Naval officer, Roberts McKee Fish, who later became a lieutenant commander. They were married and subsequently stationed in Greenock on the Clyde in Scotland.

After the war, she and her husband settled in the Boston area before moving in 1949 to Stamford, Conn., where she lived for 42 years. Her interests included breeding English cocker spaniels and gardening. Following the death of her husband, she moved to Chapel Hill in 1991.

She is survived by her two children, Sheila Millard of Oxshott, Surrey, England, and John Fish of Roswell, Georgia; her four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at 3 p.m. at The Chapel of the Cross, 304 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to either:

Duke Homecare & Hospice, Duke University/Duke Medicine, Office of Development, 4321 Medical Park Drive South, Suite 101, Durham, NC 27704 (https://www.gifts.duke.edu/daa); or the National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, 7th Fl., New York, NY 10014 (https://loon.audubon.org/payment/donate/fulfill/InMemoryOf.html).

Arrangements are being made by Cremation Society of the Carolinas, Raleigh (919) 571-3300. Online condolences at www.cremnc.com.

Susan Humphrey Kramer

Susan "Sue" Humphrey Kramer, 90, of Perry Graveyard Road, Pittsboro, died Dec. 2, 2008, at Chatham Hospital in Siler City.

Sue was born April 6, 1918, in Maysville, N.C, the daughter of Areteus Humphrey and Clara Barbee Humphrey. A retired registered nurse, Sue was the widow of the late Norman Kramer.

Survivors include two sons, Joe Kramer of Pittsboro, and Leonard Kramer of Texas; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and her husband, Sue was preceded in death in 2003 by a son, Donald Philip Kramer.

Sue will be cremated, and no formal services are scheduled at this time.

Online condolences may be sent to: www.griffinfuneral.com, Select Obituaries.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Chatham County Council on Aging, 365 N.C. 87 North, Pittsboro, NC 27312.

Arrangements are under the care of Griffin Funeral Service and Cremation, 396 West St., Pittsboro, NC 27312.

Please send obituary notices and photographs to sfarmer@nando.com. Obituaries are limited to 300 words