Obituary of Madeline Fitzgerald

FITZGERALD, Madeline - Passed peacefully away at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends on Friday, September 21, 2012, Madeline Fitzgerald of Western Bay, age 80 years. Predeceased by husband: Patrick in June 2001; parents: John and Irene Murphy; parents-in-law: Thomas and Gertrude Fitzgerald; sisters: Bernice Hart, Mary Abbott, Bride Barrow and infant Pauline; brothers: infant Jackie, Tom, Anthony and Jack. Leaving to mourn, Madeline and Patrick's children, daughters: Patricia (Noel) Murphy, Western Bay, Pauline Fitzgerald (Gary Noftle), Broad Cove, Anna (Keith) Jenkins, Bernadette (Rick) Preston and son: John P. (Roxanne), all of Western Bay; grandchildren: Jamie (Marie Lynn) Fitzgerald, Jason Jenkins (Jennifer King), Erin Fitzgerald (Conrad Clarke), Paul (Robin) Murphy, Brian Jenkins, Robyn Fitzgerald (Geoffrey Broderick), Amanda and Mitchell Preston; great-grandchildren: Gavin and Owen Fitzgerald and Cailey Broderick; Madeline's daughter, Geraldine (Claude Bourque), Ontario and children: Michael Ebbs (Ana) and Tara (Brad) Love and grandchildren: Logan, Alyssa, Riley and Cooper; Madeline's sisters: Irene ( Bill) Laughlin, Margaret (John) Rivard, both of Ontario and Catherine (Joe) Maloney, Grand Falls-Windsor; brothers: Bill (Pauline) and Ted (Clara), both of Grand Falls-Windsor and Dennis (Blenda), Rainbow Lake, Alberta; brother-in-law: John (Mary, Madeline's special friend) Fitzgerald, Western Bay, Wilson Abbott, Ontario and Silas Barrow, Grand Falls-Windsor; sister-in-law: Joan Murphy, Ontario; nieces and nephews; special friends: Carol and Jr. Flemming, Mount Pearl, Bill and Monica O'Rielly and Clarice Crowley, all of Western Bay; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Resting at Noel's Funeral Home, Main Highway, Western Bay. Funeral Mass to take place on Monday, September 24 at 10:30 a.m. from Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Northern Bay. Interment in Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Cemetery, Western Bay. As an expression of sympathy, flowers gratefully accepted or donations in her memory may be made to the Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Cemetery, Western Bay. "Gentle mother, gone from our sight but always in our hearts. RIP Mom."