Memorial service and funeral arrangements planned for slain Fairfield University student Mark Fisher

October 15, 2003

Funeral arrangements and a memorial service have been planned for Fairfield University student Mark Fisher, who passed away on Sunday, October 12.

The wake will be held on Thursday, October 16, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Goble Funeral Home, 22 Main Street, Sparta, NJ, 07871.

The funeral will be held on Friday, October 17, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Church, 294 Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ, 07871.

In lieu of flowers, contributions and expressions of condolence may be sent to the Mark S. Fisher Foundation, 102 Lynn Drive, Andover, NJ, 07821.

The Fairfield University community will mourn the loss of Mark Fisher in a Memorial Mass on Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 6 p.m. in The Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola. Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., president of Fairfield University, will preside.

Fairfield University is a comprehensive Jesuit university that prepares undergraduate, graduate and continuing education students for leadership and service in a constantly changing world. U.S. News and World Report's 2003 "America's Best Colleges" ranks Fairfield third among universities with master's programs in the North. Approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 37 states, 43 countries, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are enrolled at the University's six schools. The University was founded in 1942 in the scenic shoreline community of Fairfield, Connecticut.