Richard Fish, 75, former Ridgefielder

Richard Minor Fish of South Kent, a former Ridgefielder who was a building trades contractor, died Saturday, Nov. 11, at New Milford Hospital after a brief illness. He was 75 years old and the long-time companion of Magda Kozma.
Mr. Fish was born Jan. 12, 1925, in Philadelphia, Pa., son of the late Isabelle MacKenzie Howden and Clarence Fish. He attended Woodbury, N.J., schools, served in the Marines, and moved to Ridgefield in 1953, living on Lake Road at the Ridgefield lakes until 1963 when he moved to Brookfield.
He worked for many years for Viking Wire in Danbury, and then had a long career in the home-building trades as an independent contractor.
Mr. Fish retired to South Kent where he became a market-gardener, raising chickens, rabbits, geese, and hogs.
Survivors include three sons, Ronald Martin Fish of Woodbury, Robin Michael Fish of Foster, R.I., and Royal Mason Fish of Bremerton, Wash.; by his former wife, Betty Jane Rotherforth Fish of Ridgefield; four granddaughters and four grandsons, Dawn Nancy Fish Popolizio of Wallingford, Jennifer Lee Fish Kaiser and Katharine Olivia Fish of New Milford, Royal Mason Fish, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas, David MacKenzie Fish of Bethlehem, Dayna Marie Fish of Bremerton, Wash., Maxwell Clayton Fish of Foster, and Richard Mitchell Fish of Bremerton, and by two great grandchildren, Anthony James Popolizio and Rachel Marie Popolizio of Wallingford.
Two sons, Richard Minor Fish, Jr. and Randall Major Fish, died before him.
A memorial service will take place Thursday, Nov. 16, at 11 a.m. at the Lillis Funeral Home, 58 Bridge Street, in New Milford.
Contributions may be made to: The Arthritis Foundation, 35 Cold Spring Road, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.