Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Fitzgerald, Robert L. December 9, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Suanne Tasker stasker@nomadinter.net November 28, 2011, 6:16 pm Excerpts from the Daily News, Greenville MI 12/10/2003 Robert L. Fitzgerald, 80, of Palo died December 9, 2003 at Carson City Hospital. He was born in Palo on July 13, 1923, the son of Louis and Hester Gaylord Fitzgerald. On November 15, 1951, he married Margaret J. Fishell in Angola Indiana. Robert was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He participated in action against the enemy at Okinawa, Ryukyu Island and in the occupation of Japan. He was a graduate of Palo High School's last graduating class in 1940. He was employed for many years at the former Gibson Refrigerator Corp. He was a life member of Lester J. Sitts Post 5065 VFW of Sheridan, served on the Ronald Township Fire Department and served as trustee of Palo Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his parents; aunt and uncle Mabel and Roy Dietrich; and grandson, Ross D. Fitzgerald, on Feb. 12, 1987. Funeral services at Hurst Funral Home, Greenville. Burial in Palo Cemetery with military honors provided by the U.S. Marine Corps and VFW Post 5065 of Sheridan. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/fitzgera17253nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb