Mary Ann Fitzpatrick

72, of Tampa, FL, passed away on Wednesday, December 17th at Memorial Hospital. Born in New York, she moved to Florida in 1972. She was a USAF nurse during the Vietnam War. She worked as a registered nurse at Tampa General and Memorial Hospital. She was a very active member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. She was professed as a Secular Franciscan Order on February 9th, 2009 in the fraternity of St. Michael the Archangel. She was an animal lover and a champion swimmer. She visited the sick and infirmed. She was preceded in death by her parents, Martin A. and Mary A. Fitzpatrick; aunts, Dorothy Stephens, Ann Fitzpatrick Smith; uncles, Jack, Walter, Vincent, and Leonard Kissell. She is survived by her companion, Robert E. Bickenbach; her spiritual son, John V. Williams, o.f.s.; and many friends. A Visitation will be held on Monday, December 22nd from 7-9pm with a Franciscan Wake at 8pm at Blount & Curry – MacDill Chapel. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, December 23rd at 11am at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 4518 S. Manhattan Ave. Burial will follow at Skyway Memorial Gardens in Bradenton.

Arrangements under the direction of Blount & Curry FH-Macdill Chap, TAMPA, FL.