Carroll Louise Grieb Fisher taught generations of students to read and left a legacy of love to all her family and friends. Whether appreciating the details of the tiniest flowers along the trail on hikes, finding time to make chocolate chip cookies during busy weeks, taking the Boston terriers on walks near the ocean in Palos Verdes, or doing beautiful knitting and embroidery for everyone-- the tremendous (and fierce) love that was her foundation always guided her. Carroll was born April 19, 1944 to Karl Lewis Grieb, and Florence Elaine (Tucker) Grieb. She had two little brothers, Robert and Dan. She graduated from Westwood High School in 1961 and UCLA in 1965, just after meeting the love of her life, Robert Louis Fisher. He put a single red rose in her mailbox. She said yes. With three days between OCS and Navy Supply Corps school they celebrated their marriage on October 23rd, 1966, then spent their five day “honeymoon” driving from California to Georgia. Next there were two more Navy-wife moves across the country, as the USS Ingersoll deployed to Vietnam. In the early eighties, Carroll started teaching at Compton College, finally deciding her two children, Karen and Karl, were old enough. In the Reading Department she was known for being able to teach anyone to read, and she taught students of all ages from all over the world. The Moon and stars were always part of her classes, and her students assured her they would not forget to look up after she took them outside to observe the Moon during class. Retiring after 27 years, she kept tending her garden full of birds, narcissus and roses, volunteering as a docent at PVIC, and reading to her beloved grandchildren, Ana and Zak. Teacher, friend, grandmother, mother and wife, Carroll touched us all in her 78 years full of life.  She will always be the one rose in Bob’s heart.

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