Norton (Nort) Olin Fiscus, 87, of Clyde went peacefully to be with the Lord at his home with his family by his side on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Visitation will be held Monday, October 3rd at the Bailey-Howard Funeral Home Chapel of Clyde from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A celebration of his life will be held at 2 p.m.Tuesday at Eula First Baptist Church with Pastor Larry Adams officiating, assisted by Pastor Mark Gorman of the Heritage Cowboy Church. Burial will be in Clyde Cemetery. Nort was born on an Easter Sunday on March 31, 1929 in Wabash County, Illinois to Olin Henry and Gladys Marie (Jones) Fiscus. He was educated in Illinois. He married Joy (Green) Woody from Snyder in Cross Plains on December 23, 1967. Together they raised four children; Russell, Rex, Marshall and Deborah. He also had two daughters, Beverly and Marie at the time of their marriage. He accepted the Lord as his savior and was baptized in the First Baptist Church of Clyde in 1973.He started working on an oil rig as a driller when he was 16 years old. He moved to Texas in 1948 as a young lad of 19 when the oil boom hit in Snyder, Texas. He lived in Snyder and Winters before settling in Abilene. He helped organize West Tex Drilling Co. along with Meryl Greathouse, Bob Cockrell and Betty Cummings in 1953. He later left West Tex Drilling and organized his own drilling company, Nortex Drilling Company and ran it until the oil slump in 1980. He temporarily went out of the oil business until 1983 when he reorganized another company, Fiscus Drilling Company in Midland along with Bob Zony and Cecil Rhodes. In 1985 he moved his office to Sand Springs when he bought his partners out and built two more rigs. He sold out in 1988 and became an independent contractor and production engineer, retiring from the field to become an independent operator of his own leases in 1990. He was active in cattle production and raising goats and sheep. Nort loved to country and western dance and was a great dancer. He enjoyed driving the grandkids and great grandkids around the ranch with his homemade trailer and his gator at reunion time each year. He was a wonderful storyteller and loved to tell stories about the old days living on a farm in Illinois during the Depression with his parents and three brothers and three sisters. He also had many stories to tell about the oilfield and how it had changed over the years. He will be missed by many. He was a hard worker and believed that everyone should work for what they wanted instead of expecting it to be handed to them on a platter. He taught all of his children to work hard and be independent and he was proud of their accomplishments.He is survived by his wife, Joy, of 48 years; two sons, Russell Fiscus of Clyde and Marshall Fiscus who is in the military and stationed in Germany; three daughters, Deborah Beasley of Anson, Marie McCalvin and husband Carl of Ennis, Texas, and Beverly Driggers and husband Paul of Palestine, Texas; thirteen grandchildren, Alexandra Beasley, Dewayne Dewbre and wife Hica, Lori Kenny, Dorothy Sutliff and husband Herb, Darlene Chism and husband Richard, Christopher Fiscus and wife Jessie, Brandi Willis and husband Justin, Stacy Hinds and husband Casey, Heather Montana and husband Joseph, Remington Fiscus, Keagan Castillo and husband Matt, Chad Fiscus and Brandon Lenderman; two sisters, Jean Hocking of Illinois and Blanch Fiscus of Indiana; eleven great grandsons; thirteen great granddaughters; five great, great granddaughters; six nephews; six nieces; and a host of friends. He also had one faithful and constant companion, Polly who loved to go anywhere with him. She could be seen in her younger years on the tool box but later she started riding in the front seat. He was preceded in death by his parents, Olin and Gladys Fiscus; son, Rex Fiscus; three brothers, Stanley Fiscus, Robert Fiscus and Donald Fiscus; one sister, Dorcie Leach; two brother-in-laws, Webster Hocking and Johnny Mills; his second wife, Sharon Fiscus (mother of Rusty and Rex); two great grandsons, Joshua Dewbre and Jayce Collins.Pallbearers will be Dewayne Dewbre, Christopher Fiscus, Chad Fiscus, Matt Castillo, Clarence Milliorn, Roy Lafoy and honorary pallbearer, Jerry Black. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Eula First Baptist Church, Hendricks Hospice or .Online condolences may be made at www.baileyhowardfuneralhome.com.