Orville LeRoy Fitzgerald (1989)
CHICKERING, BARBER, FITZGERALD, HUMES, MYERS, SCHAFFER
Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 3/13/2006 at 12:45:44
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 10, 1989Orville LeRoy Fitzgerald, Truro
Services for Orville LeRoy Fitzgerald, 69, Truro, who died May 4 at his home, were held Saturday, May 6, at the United Church of Christ at Truro with the Rev. Jim Nicholson officiating. Burial was at the Hartman Cemetery in Madison County.
Born April 17, 1920, he was the son of John and Maybelle Humes Fitzgerald. He was married May 12, 1941 to Evelyn Myers at Trenton, Mo.
Mr. Fitzgerald had been a maintenance engineer at the Natural Gas Pipeline for 27 years. He was member of the United Christian Church at Truro.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Ron and wife Sherry of Portland, Texas; a daughter, Sharon Chickering and husband Dwayne of Malvern, Iowa; four grandchildren; a brother, Leon of Winterset; and sisters, Isabelle Barker of West Des Moines and Fern Schaffer of Eldon, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and a sister.
________________________The Osceola Sentinel Tribune
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, May 11, 1989
Page 16, Column 1O. L. Fitzgerald
Services for Orville LeRoy Fitzgerald, 69, of Truro, who died Thursday, May 4, 1989 at his home, were held Saturday, May 6, at the United Church of Christ in Truro. The Rev. Jim Nicholson officiated, with interment in Hartman Cemetery, Madison County.
Mr. Fitzgerald was born April 17, 1920 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the son of John R. Fitzgerald and Maybelle Humes Fitzgerald. He attended numerous schools. He married Evelyn Myers May 12, 1941 at Trenton, Missouri. He was employed as a maintenance engineer with the Natural Gas Pipeline Company for 27 years. He was a member of the United Christian Church at Truro.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn of Truro; son, Ron Fitzgerald and wife, Sherry of Portland, Texas; daughter, Sharon Chickering and husband Dwayne of Malvern; four grandchildren; one brother, Leon Fitzgerald of Winterset; two sisters, Isabelle Barber of West Des Moines and Fern Shaffer of Eldon, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Floyd Fitzgerald and one sister, Elsie Fitzgerald in infancy.
________________________Coordinator's note: Both obituaries transcribed as published. Correct surname for deceased's first sister is "Barber" per her obituary and his second sister is "Schaffer" per the Social Security Death Index..
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