Fitzgerald, Maurice J.M.
By Canton CitizenMaurice “Mo” J. M. Fitzgerald, 73, of Canton, died Tuesday morning, March 13, 2012, after a lengthy illness.
A longtime Canton resident, he was born in the Dorchester section of Boston to the late Michael and Hanora M. (Riordan) Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald was raised and educated in Belmont, graduating from Belmont High School, where he had been a member of the football team. He then went on to attain his BS in chemistry from Harvard University in Cambridge. During his time at Harvard, he had been a member of their boxing team. Mr. Fitzgerald also attained two master’s degrees from Northeastern University in Boston — one in chemistry and the other in business.
Mr. Fitzgerald had served in the Army Medical Corps during the Vietnam Era.
He began work at Polaroid in both its Cambridge and Waltham laboratories and retired after 37 years with the company as a senior scientist. He held over 50 United States patents in the chemical processing of color photography. He was a member of the Polaroid Retirees Club.
Holding his private pilot’s license, Mr. Fitzgerald had a passion for private aviation. He was a member of the E.A.A. and had recently been building his own Kit Fox Airplane.
He was an avid hunter, regularly hunting with a special group of friends. He loved to follow and discuss politics and enjoyed skiing with his family.
Mr. Fitzgerald is survived by his beloved wife, Trudy A. Fitzgerald; his daughter, Kerry Fitzgerald of TX; his sons, Sean Fitzgerald of Thailand and Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd, and his wife, Tricia, of CA; his stepsons, Al Lambiase and his wife, Jennifer, of Weymouth, Joseph Lambiase and his wife, Cheryl, of Rockland, and Paul Lambiase and his fiancée, Dawn Maria, of Abington; his sisters, Geraldine Mack and her husband, Dr. Richard, of Byfield, and Ellen Fitzgerald of Newburyport; his grandchildren, Kenny and Sarah Fitzgerald; and his step-grandchildren, Brittni, John, Kyle and Anna Lambiase. He is also survived by his nieces, nephews and extended family.
Funeral services in celebration of Mo’s life were held Saturday morning, March 17, at the Roache-Pushard Family Home for Funerals, 210 Sherman Street, followed by a mass of Christian burial at St. Gerard Majella Church. Interment with honors at the Canton Corner Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy can be made in his memory to the Joslin Clinic Diabetes Research at www.joslin.org.
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on Mar 21 2012. Filed under Obituaries.
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