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CAPTAIN
FRANK W. FITZGERALD was born in Pennsylvania in 1905 to Francis
W. and Helen A. "Nellie" Fitzgerald, the seventh of eight
children. His father owned a soap factory. The Fitzgerald family had
moved to New Jersey by 1909, and by 1920 bought a home at 653 Haddon
Avenue in Collingswood NJ. He graduated from the Penn Nautical school in
1925, and trained aboard the US Schoolship Annapolis. A career merchant
marine officer, he commanded a ship during the American invasion of
Sicily.
Frank
Fitzgerald passed away on September 28, 1944 at the Army Hospital in
Bangor ME. He was 38 at the time of his death, which was reported in the
September 29, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
CAPT.
FITZGERALD DIES IN MAINE HOSPITAL
Capt. Frank Fitzgerald Jr., 38, formerly of 653 Haddon Avenue,
Collingswood {NJ], died Wednesday [9/28/44] in an army Hospital in
Bangor, Me. A Merchant marine officer, he commanded a ship in the Sicily
invasion. he resided in Collingswood most of his life.
Captain
Fitzgerald has been in the service since 1925, when he was graduated
from the Penn nautical School conducted on the schoolship Annapolis. he
was the son of Frank W. and Nellie A. Fitzgerald.
Surviving are
his widow Marie, of Maine; a brother, William, of Philadelphia, and six
sisters, Sadie E. and Helen A. Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Thomas
Laws, of Philadelphia; Mrs. William C. Twigg, of Larchmont NY; Mrs.
Gideon H. Burt, of Collingswood, and Mrs. L.A. Johntra, of Atlantic
City.
Friends will
meet at 8:00 AM Saturday in the Foster Funeral Home, 800 Haddon Avenue,
Collingswood. Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 AM in St.
John's Church, Collingswood
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