Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....FitzGibbon, Thomas Shanahan January 2, 1938
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Virginian-Pilot  January 3 & 5, 1938
DEATHS

THOMAS S. FITZGIBBON, aged 73, husband of Mrs. Mary Creagan FitzGibbon and son of 
Thomas D. and Mrs. Ellen Shanahan FitzGibbon, died at his residence, 811 Holt 
Street, yesterday morning at 4:30 o'clock.  Mr. FitzGibbon was a native of Ireland 
and, for more than 60 years, a well-known and highly esteemed resident of Norfolk. 

For 20 years, Mr. FitzGibbon was a member of the Norfolk City Council and was 
active in political and business circles.  He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic 
Church, the Holy Name Society and Norfolk Lodge No. 38, B. P. O. Elks.  Besides 
his wife, he is survived by two daughters, the Misses Ellen M. and Cecelia M. 
FitzGibbon, and a son, T. David FitzGibbon.

Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 10 
o'clock.  Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.  Rosary services will be held 
at the residence tonight at 8 o'clock.

THOMAS S. FITZGIBBON - Funeral services for Mr. FitzGibbon, whose death occurred 
Sunday morning at the residence, 811 Holt Street, were held at 10 o'clock 
yesterday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with the Rev. E. A. Brosnan, 
pastor, officiating.  Present in the sanctuary were the Rev. R. B. Kealey, the 
Rev. P. P. Brennan, the Rev. M. J. Harrison, the Rev. F. V. Bambrick and Father 
Glarence, O. S. B.  In his address at the conclusion of the mass, Father Brosnan 
explained the mass and spoke of the faith and hope of Mr. FitzGibbon, who was a 
pioneer member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.  During the services, Vincent Smith 
sang Gounod's "Benedictus," and Mrs. Stark A. Sutton sang "Abide With Me," with 
Mrs. James Hughes, accompanist.  There was a large attendance.  The casket was 
covered with a pall of Easter lilies, pink roses and ferns.  A delegation from 
Norfolk Lodge No. 38, B. P. O. Elks was in attendance.  Interment was in St. 
Mary's Cemetery.  Honorary pallbearers were Capt. Frank N. Holtzman, Col. Charles 
H. Consolvo, Capt. John M. Arnold, Maj. I. Walke Truxtun, William L. Prieur, Dr. 
Stark A. Sutton, John E. Milan, Lee F. Lawler, Hugh L. Butler, Capt. John I. Clark 
and N. B. Joynes.  Active pallbearers were William J. Connelly, Bernard J. King, 
John T. Riley, John Joseph Baecher, Thomas J. O'Connor, William J. Walsh, 
Marcellus S. Miller and Frank A. Evans.

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