Arthur Ronald Fisher

Arthur Ronald Fisher, who worked in maintenance for 10 years at Hither Hills State Park in Montauk and as a chef in that hamlet and in East Hampton for 28 years before that, died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., on Monday. He was 72 and had been ill with leukemia for several months.

Mr. Fisher lived in Montauk for 31 years prior to moving to Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton seven years ago. According to his son Art Fisher of Reston, Va., he loved to go fishing with his family and “was a phenomenal wrestler as he was growing up.”

Mr. Fisher was born in Yonkers on June 19, 1942, to Kenneth Fisher and the former Mildred Baier, and grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. He was a member of the Hastings High School Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a wrester. He served in the Army after graduation.

In addition to his son, he leaves another son, Jim Fisher of Bel Air, Md., a sister, Peggy Morley of St. Louis, and two brothers, Kenneth Fisher of Hobe Sound, Fla., and Douglas Fisher of Yonkers. Five grandchildren survive him. His wife of 35 years, the former Gertrude von Stegmann, died in 2005.

A wake will be held tomorrow from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral service will be at 6. Burial will take place Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson.

The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310, White Plains, N.Y. 10605.