Love Boat Part II
Faye and Norm Fisher
renew their vows on
a cruise ship.
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Faye and Norm Fisher
exchange new wedding bands.
JULIE EDGAR
News Editor
D
uring their first wedding, the
lights in the old synagogue
flickered as Faye and Norm
Fisher walked down the
aisle. Afterward, all the guests tramped
down to the basement and munched on
salami sandwiches.
The second ceremony was a bit more
posh.
When the couple decided to treat the
entire family — 15 in all — to a
Caribbean cruise to celebrate their 45th
wedding anniversary, it was more than
enough for them that everybody would
be together for the week. Their children
and grandchildren are divided between
,-: , Chicago and Detroit and the Fishers
now make their permanent home in
Boynton Beach, Fla.
But their daughters — Beverly,
Shelley, Donna and Jacki — had bigger
ideas. They decided to enhance the
romance of the experience by arranging
a wedding at which their parents would
renew their vows. The three sisters who
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live in Detroit took a weekend jaunt to
Chicago to visit their fourth sister, Jacki,
and buy wedding bands.
Soon after they boarded the Royal
Caribbean cruise ship in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, on Valentine's Day, the sis-
ters reserved the ship's library and
recruited the social
&rector to arrange
for champagne,
cake, flowers,
music, a photogra-
pher and, of
course, the actual
ceremony. The
night before the
event, they left an
invitation on their
parents' pillow,
telling them to
come to the
library at 5 p.m. in
formal dress.
"They walked in and the social direc-
tor said, 'Faye and Norm, we have a sur-
prise for you.' My mom was already
starting to get teary-eyed, and when the
social director told her they were there
The Fab Fishers.
Top row, from left: Sol Einhorn, Beverly Fisher, Dr.
Dennis Kash, Faye Fisher, Randi Kash (holding
Madalyn Berns), David Einhorn, Melani Kash,
Jacki Berns, Norman Fisher and Spencer Berns.
Front row, from left: Shelley Kash, Matthew Kash,
Emily Einhorn and Donna Einhorn.
to renew their wedding vows my moth-
er lost it," said daughter Donna
Einhorn, who serves as administrative
assistant for sports and fitness at the
Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish
Community Center.
Faye was given a bouquet of long-
stemmed white
roses surrounded
by a spray of
baby's breath, and
Norm, outfitted in
a tux, was present-
ed with a rose
boutonniere.
"It was just
incredible," said
Norm. "I can't
express to you our
utter shock and
amazement. We
had a full wedding
ceremony and our two oldest grandchil-
dren presented two wedding bands to
me and my wife. It was much more
spectacular than our original wedding."
The first one was in Homestead, Pa.,
in a 100-year-old synagogue, on March
21, 1953. Faye and Norm, residents of
small towns that were divided by a river
in Pennsylvania, met through their
involvement in Jewish youth organiza-
tions. She was 19; he was 21.
The Fishers generated a "buzz" on
the cruise ship — partly because they
wore identical T-shirts emblazoned with
the words, "One Of Fisher's Fabulous
Fifteen" — and when the ceremony
concluded, the newlyweds "invited"
their 700 fellow passengers to celebrate
with them, Norm said.
But the wedding and the cruise,
which took the Fishers from San Juan to
St. Maarten, were not as important as
the fact that the family was together, he
said.
"It was the most incredible reunion
you could ever anticipate," he said.
"I can't remember how long it's been
since the family has been able to spend
seven days together," Donna said. "We
laughed together, gambled together, ate
together, shopped together."
And, she added, her parents "are
more in love today than they were 45
years ago, if that's even possible." 111
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