Mary C. Fitzgerald

Church on August 14, 2020.

Mary C. Fitzgerald was born on October 29, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late John and Ann Leonard Fitzgerald. She is preceded in death by her three brothers, Stephen L., John and Thomas E. Fitzgerald.

Ms. Fitzgerald was a lifelong resident of St. Louis, attending Loretto

Academy H.S. and later Webster University, where she earned a Bachelor

of Science degree. Throughout her life Ms. Fitzgerald maintained

countless friendships, many formed from her childhood and young adult

life in the historic Compton Hills neighborhood of St. Louis where the family

lived before relocating to Richmond Heights in the early 1960’s.

Ms. Fitzgerald continued her father’s legacy of working for a railway

during her 40+ years as a devoted employee of Manufacturer’s Railway

Company (div. of Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.), until she retired in the early

1990’s. Ms. Fitzgerald’s enthusiasm as a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and

of the Budweiser brand never waned. Very late into her life she remained

active in many social and cultural clubs, and she volunteered for several

philanthropic organizations including Birthright STL. Ms. Fitzgerald was a

devoted Roman Catholic, and for many decades a member of Little

Flower Catholic Church in Richmond Heights, MO.

Though Ms. Fitzgerald never married, she played an important role in the

lives of her nephew, nieces, dearest friends and her many godchildren.

She was especially close to her brothers, her niece Jane Fitzgerald Hylton

of Festus, MO and her great-nephew Justin G. Hylton of Dalton, GA. We

will all greatly miss our spirited, generous, witty and gracious “Mary Fitz”.

The family of Ms. Fitzgerald would like to thank each member of the

Delmar Gardens staff and the Pathways Hospice staff (especially hospice

nurse Christina D.), each of whom lovingly cared for her at the end of her

life.

A memorial service and life celebration will be announced at a later

date, following a private interment at Calvary Cemetery.

Memorials maybe made to: THE SERRA CLUB OF ST. LOUIS, 5200 GLENNON DRIVE, ST.

LOUIS, MISSOURI 63119.