Fay Mildred Hissim, 84, passed away Friday, June 4th, 2010, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Meridian, ID. Fay was born 6th of 9 children at home in West Brookfield, MA, the daughter of Paul and Louise Buzzell. Fay grew up on a dairy farm and attended a one-room school in West Brookfield then graduated from high school at Warren, MA. She attended Boston University for a short time. She graduated Western Union School at Washington, NJ as a telegrapher in 1944. The day after graduation she met her life-long love, PFC Marlin Andrew Hissim. They were married on July 1st,1945 and resided in several different cities during their marriage including Oxford, NJ, Los Gatos and Gilroy, CA, and Boise, ID.
Fay was always good with numbers and worked for CPA’s before going on to open her own bookkeeping business. Fay was a member of the Gilroy United Methodist Church, the Gavelin chapter of the DAR, the Patchwork Pals Quilt Club, Gilroy, and the Eastern Stars, Washington, NJ.
Fay loved the ocean, horses, quilting, gardening, touring the country in a motorhome, cooking, genealogy, and fishing. She was a free spirit who loved learning new things and adventure.
Fay is loved and will be missed by her family. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Marlin and her three children, Roger Lee of Los Gatos, CA, Marlene Louise Pawlukewich with her husband Gary of Meridian, ID, and David Andrew of Lewiston, ID. Fay is missed by her two granddaughters Connie Fay Duclos and husband Brennan, and Mary Ellen Booth and two step-granddaughters, Sherri Davidson and Shannon Philpott. Fay leaves 11 great- grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters, Miley Jo Duclos and Claire Rose Booth. Fay is also survived by her youngest brother, Richard of West Brookfield, MA.
The funeral service is at 11:30 A.M., June 7, 2010, at Cloverland Funeral Home, Boise, ID. Burial will follow at the Idaho State Veteran’s Cemetery, Boise, ID
