Obituary:  Joseph H. Fitzgerald, 1994
Source:  Unknown Newspaper
Contributor:  Carol Harlow <charlow1@ntelos.net>
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Joseph H. Fitzgerald
  PORT REPUBLIC -- Joseph "Joe" H. Fitzgerald, 63, of Route 1, Port Republic, 
died on Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 29, 1994) the University of Virginia Medical 
Center, Charlottesville.
  He was born Sept. 25, 1931, in Nelson County, a son of Arthur and Hannah 
Phillips Fitzgerald.
  He was a heavy equipment operator with Staunton Lime Co. and a member of the 
Grottoes Church of God.
  Mr. Fitzgerald was preceded in death by a stepson, Alvin Lee Spooner; three 
brothers,  James C. Fitzgerald, Ralph W. Fitzgerald and Junior Franklin 
Fitzgerald; and by a grandson, Michael Stevens.
  Surviving are his widow, Sarah Helen Fitzgerald; two sons, Joe Fitzgerald Jr. 
of Waynesboro and Gary Fitzgerald of York, Pa.; six daughters, Joan Alexander 
and Ruby Cashion, both of Crimora. Joyce Brown of Verona, Mildred Blalock of 
Georgia, Barbara Stevens Shiflett of Waynesboro and Peggy Moore of Stuarts 
Draft, a stepson, William L. Spooner of Staunton; two stepdaughters, Helen 
Stroppel of Grottoes and Mary Doty of Florida; four brother, Wilmer Fitzgerald 
of Lynchburg, Eldridge Fitzgerald of Roseland. Elwood Fitzgerald of Waynesboro 
and Ed Fitzgerald of Lyndhurst; three sisters, Maggie Allen of Stuarts Draft, 
Jean Miller of Crimora and Frances G. Quick of Waynesboro; 26 grandchildren; 11 
great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephew.
  A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Waynesboro chapel of 
Etter Funeral Home by the Revs. Alva Hurley and Charles C. Ramsey, with burial 
at Augusta Memorial Park.
  Pallbearers will be Doug Fitzgerald, Jimmy Fitzgerald, Tony Fitzgerald. Scott 
Ryan, Chip Quick and Eddie Thomas.
  Honorary pallbearers will be John Wright. Graddy Wright, Roger Losh and his 
grandchildren.
  Memorials may be made to Grottoes Fire Department and Rescue Squad 111. The 
family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home and 
other times at the residence.

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