Gertrude K. "Trudy"
Fitzgerald, 90, of Mendota
died Nov. 2, 2014, in the
Mendota Lutheran Home.
Mass of Christian burial
will be at 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday in Holy Cross
Church, Mendota with the
Rev. Bo Schmitt officiating.
Burial
will be
at Holy
Cross
Cemetery,
Mendota.
Visitation
is
11 a.m.
- noon
Wednesday
at
Merritt
Funeral Home, Mendota.
She was born Jan. 26,
1924, in Sublette to Henry J.
and Sadie M. (Schamberger)
Roemmich. She married
Donald E. Fitzgerald on
Feb. 15, 1947 in Arlington.
She was a member of Holy
Cross Church.
Her first job was at Conkey's
in Mendota during
World War II working on
the "can line." After starting
her family, she was a homemaker,
who also worked
part-time as a waitress at
the Hi-Way Café and the
Octave restaurant in downtown
Mendota. She later
worked and retired from
Wayside Press in Mendota.
Her greatest joy came
from her grandchildren.
She enjoyed attending their
school programs and sport
activities. She loved music
and playing the piano.
She is survived by one
daughter, Linda (Thomas)
Weber of Peru; three sons,
Gary (Janet) Fitzgerald of
Shorewood, Daniel (Nancy)
Fitzgerald of Oglesby, and
David (JoAnn) Fitzgerald of
Mendota; eight grandchildren,
Lindsay, Kevin (fiancé
Heather), Dana and Meg
Fitzgerald, Kathleen (Trenton)
Fitzgerald-Ellis, Jeff
(Cindi) and Jim (Jennifer)
Weber and Toby (Jackie)
Fitzgerald; three stepgrandchildren,
Shelly Bell,
Joni (Brian) Zinke, and Julie
(Brian) McConville; and
four great-grandchildren;
Jaelyn and Jonas Fitzgerald,
and Bradyn and Logan
Weber.
She was preceded in
death by her husband on
Dec. 29, 1959; three brothers,
Robert in infancy, Wilson
and Ralph Roemmich;
three sisters, Esther Zimmerlein,
Florence Daehler
and Lillian Monson.
Memorials may be
directed to Holy Cross
School.