OBIT: Thomas R. FITZGERALD, 2007, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  FITZGERALD, Thomas R.  07/05/07   Daily American
  
    Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 89, Somerset, died July 3, 2007, at Somerset Hospital. Born Dec.
  27, 1917, in Medera, he is the son of the late Harry and Edith (Crane) Fitzgerald. Also
  preceded in death by his wife, Helen (Lewis) Fitzgerald, to whom he would have been
  married to for 68 years on July 5, 2007; brothers, Aaron and Edward Fitzgerald; and
  sisters, Delores Page, Mary Shaffer, Bernice Pile and Alice Holtzendorf. Survived by
  children, Mrs. Jerald (Patricia) Lowry, Pittsburgh; Tom "Buzz" Fitzgerald and wife,
  Carol, Somerset; Mrs. John (Nancy) Oravec, Walkersville, Md.; Mrs. Roache H. (Bonnie)
  Kennington III, Friedens; Jerry Fitzgerald married to the former Susan Zapatosky,
  Hooversville; James "Jimmy" Fitzgerald, Columbia, Miss.; and Mrs. Mel (Suzanne "Suzie")
  Enos, Somerset; 15 grandchildren and 18 great- grandchildren. Brother of Eugene
  Fitzgerald, Friedens; and Evelyn Oakman, Niles, Ohio. Member of NRA and the UMWA He was a
  well known deer hunter who enjoyed hunting, rifle-smithing, photography and spending time
  with his grandchildren. He was a veteran of World War II and a retired coal miner.
  Friends received from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home,
  Somerset, where a service will be held 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Gerald Deffenbaugh
  officiating. Interment in Somerset County Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to ÒIn
  TouchÓ Hospice, 223 S. Pleasant Ave., Suite 103, Somerset, PA 15501 or The American Kidney
  Foundation, 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852-9813.