Obituary of Gordon Philip Fitzgerald

Gordon Philip Fitzgerald, 64, of Meriden, CT, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at MidState Medical Center. He was born in Calais, Maine, October 4, 1947, a son of Lillian Mitchell Fitzgerald of Campobello Island, Canada, and the late Philip T. Fitzgerald. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army having served during Vietnam War era as member of a military honor guard and as a Paratrooper. He was employed for 46 years at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in North Haven, CT, and later at East Hartford, CT, and was due to retire this October. In addition to his mother Lillian, he is survived by his sisters, Carol Calcinari and her husband John of South Meriden, CT, Andria Fitzgerald of Meriden, CT, and Cheryl Fitzgerald and her partner James Rinaldi of Meriden, CT; his aunt, Lois Calder; his nieces and nephews, Traci Calcinari and her partner Herve Kimball, Angela Dean her husband David, Philip Newman and his wife Kinny, Jay Newman and his wife Mary, Daniel Perez and his partner Megan Foster, and Desiree Diogostine and her husband Joseph; his grandnieces and grandnephews, Lillie, Ava, Vienna, Lance, Colin and Olivia. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 6, 2012, at Wilson’s Beach Baptist Church on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada. A visitation period will be held before the service from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. Interment will follow in Head Harbor Cemetery. Gifts in his memory may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 825 Brook St., Rocky Hill, CT 06067, or the American Lung Association, 45 Ash St., East Hartford, CT 06108.