Ann Frances Gmelch FitzMaurice became the angel in heaven from the angel she was on earth on Feb. 25, 2018. She was accepting of all, never judgmental. Her gentle nature was also her greatest strength. Loving wife, mother of twelve children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren, Godspeed. Proceeded in death by her husband Thomas, her daughter Barbara, daughter in law Marcy and her granddaughter, Lauren. Survived by her sons, Thomas, James (Lorena), Dennis (Jannet), Joseph, Gregory and John, and daughters, Jeanne (Clay), Mary (Emmett), Nancy (Mark), Constance (David) and Joanne (Bill) and her grandchildren and great grandchildren. A memorial mass will be celebrated on Friday, the 2nd of March at one o’clock in the afternoon at All Saints Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Mercy Children's Home, Chicago, IL mercyhome.org.
