Josephine Ella Fiske, 101, Goucher phys-ed professor.

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | May 21, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: Liz F. Kay

May 21--Josephine Ella "Jo" Fiske, a longtime physical-education professor, coach and referee at Goucher College who ran races into her 90s, died Monday of a stroke at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 101. "She believed in doing what she practiced and practicing what she says," said her second cousin, Carol Parmenter of Roland Park.

Miss Fiske was born in Greenfield, Mass., and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1926. She also studied at the Boston College of Physical Education. Miss Fiske later earned a ...

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