Dec 8, 2018

Richard M. Fitzgerald, 86, father, grandfather and brother, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018, in McMurray.

He was blessed with and is survived by five children, Richard “Marty” Fitzgerald Jr., Maureen (Bill) Groves, Tim (Audrey) Fitzgerald, Brian (Cristy) Fitzgerald and Bill (Jodi) Fitzgerald, and had 12 grandchildren, Maddie, Michael, Kaleigh, Mary, Meghan, McKenzie, Molly, Erin, Connor, TJ, Riley and Rachel.

Richard was known as “Poppy” to all, was always caring for others and was a devout Catholic.

Born in Washington, he spent his youth in Fairmont, W.Va. Having served as a U.S. Navy corpsman, he went on to graduate from Duquesne University in pharmacy and eventually owned and operated Family Pharmacy and Taylor’s Pharmacy in Washington, one of the last remaining old-fashioned pharmacy’s with a soda fountain and candy counter. He loved his family, golf, the Pittsburgh Steelers, traveling and singing in the choir at St. Benedict the Abbot Church in Peters Township, where he and his deceased wife, Mary Ann, were founding members.

He is also survived by his sister, Peggy Popovitch of San Francisco, Calif., and his brother, Pat (Veronica) Fitzgerald of Denver, Colo.

Friends are welcome from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Beinhauer Family Funeral Home, 2828 Washington Road, McMurray, 724 941-3211. Services and Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 11, in St. Benedict the Abbot Church, 120 Abington Drive, McMurray. Guests are asked to meet at the church. Interment will be held December 12 in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil Township.

In lieu of flowers. the family suggests donations be made in his memory to Cure PSP, 30 East Padonia Road, Suite 201, Timonium, MD 21093, or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

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