Mrs. Fitzpatrick, 87, a resident of Englishtown since 1952, died April 24, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after a brief illness. She was a dietician at Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital for more than 30 years. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was predeceased by her husband, Needham Fitzpatrick, and a daughter, Frances (Bea) Delores Fitzpatrick. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Victoria and Major Anderson, New York, Cleo and Needham Fitzpatrick Jr., New Jersey, Leon Fitzpatrick, New Jersey, Valerie and Arthur Fitzpatrick, New Jersey, Evelyn and Mikel Jefferson, Texas, and Patricia Fitzpatrick, New Jersey; two sisters, Lela Mack and Willola Torrance, New York; five sisters-inlaw, Mildred Anderson, Virginia Anderson, Rita Smith and Carrie Bell Bush, all of New York and Inaz Huffman, Georgia; three brothers in-law Sam Fitzpatrick, New Jersey, Edgar Ellington, Georgia, and Joe Ellington, Florida; two aunts, Viletta Vanahoose and Arbell Fitzpatrick, both of New York; and sixteen grandchildren. A home going service was held at the Old Ship of Zion Baptist Church, Englishtown, under the direction of the Higgins Memorial Home, Freehold.
