Robert (Bob) C. Fitzgerald 1931-2019

FITZGERALD, NEBEL, GASSMANN, KIRSCH, SCHNECK, KRAMER, DOW, RUIZ, LAVELLE, CLARK, KLOSTERMANN, BANNING, SAMPSON, GOTTO, KNEPPER, SCHNIER, BESLER, LUECK

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 11/7/2019 at 16:31:00

Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, IA) - Sunday, July 7, 2019

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Robert (Bob) C. Fitzgerald, 87, of Dyersville, Iowa, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019, at home.

Visitation will be held from 2 until 8 p.m. on Monday, July 8, 2019, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Avenue SW in Dyersville, where an American Legion service will be held at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue from 9 until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, also at the funeral home, prior to services. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, with burial at the church cemetery, where military honors will be accorded by American Legion Post #137. Rev. Dennis Quint will officiate.

Bob was born in Dyersville on September 6, 1931, the son of Cleo and Lucille (Nebel) Fitzgerald. He married Sylvia Gassmann on May 18, 1957, in Worthington, Iowa.

He was an active member of Legion Post #137, the Dyersville Fire Department and the AOH for many years. He was past president and grand marshal for the AOH.

Survivors include his children, Judy (David) Kirsch, of Dyersville, Jayne Fitzgerald, of Edgewood, Iowa, Jill Schneck, of Ackley, Iowa, Brad (Brenda) Fitzgerald, of Dallas, Texas, and Barry (Gena) Fitzgerald, of Kansas City, Mo.; grandchildren, Kerri (Mike) Kramer, Brian Kirsch, Krista (John) Dow, Travis (Melanie) Fitzgerald, Jordan (Chris) Ruiz, Katy Fitzgerald, Lisa (Lucas) LaVelle and Katelyn (Skyler) Clark, and Mikayla and Madisyn Fitzgerald; great-grandchildren, Julien, Jude, and Sylvia Kramer, Eliza Dow, Emma Clark, Laikynn LaVelle and Jessica Sain; siblings, Jim Fitzgerald, of Oelwein, Iowa, Carol (Leo) Klostermann, of Dyersville, Mary Jane Banning, of Vancouver, Wash., and Bev Sampson, of Edgewood; in-laws, Betty Gotto, of Bankston, Iowa, Gladys Knepper, of Dyersville, Mary Agnes (Jim) Schnier, of Bellevue, Iowa, Lyle Gassmann, of Dubuque, Marge Gassmann, of Dubuque, Bev Gassmann, of St. Landry, La., and Jerry Gassmann, of Davenport, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Sylvia, in 2000; siblings, Dale Fitzgerald, Lois Fitzgerald, Ed (Karen) Fitzgerald and John (Gene) Fitzgerald; and in-laws, Paul Knepper, Marvin (Pat) Gassmann, Betty Gassmann, John Gassmann, Marion "Cookie" Fitzgerald, Keith Banning, Rollie Sampson, Eileen (William) Besler, Connie (Merle) Lueck, Leroy Gassmann, Bob Gassmann, Ken Gassmann and Grace Gassmann.

The family would like to thank hospice nurse, Edna, and HomeInstead caregiver, Tina, for their compassionate care.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.