Doris June (Rose) Fitzpatrick was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, the only child of Earl and Oval Rose. She grew up on her family’s farm in the nearby community of Colfax and graduated from East Fairmont High School in 1950.
Following high school, Doris attended Mountain State College in Parkersburg, where she majored in Business Accounting and served as Senior Class President. It was there that she met the love of her life, William (Bill) Fitzpatrick. The two were married in 1952.
Bill’s career initially took them to Indiana before bringing them back to the Mid-Ohio Valley, where he joined Union Carbide and the couple established their home in Beverly, Ohio. Their three sons, Gerald (Jerry), Mark, and Brian, were born at Marietta Memorial Hospital in 1953, 1956, and 1957, respectively. Around 1959, the family moved to Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Along with raising three active boys, Doris enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career. She worked as a secretary at a local junior high school, served as a personal assistant to several independent businesses, and later worked as a purchasing agent for a Kaiser Aluminum facility in Belpre.
Doris was active in her Alpha Iota sorority and enjoyed participating in golf leagues, traveling, and, most importantly, spending time visiting her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Raised in the Methodist faith, she later converted to Catholicism and was a longtime member of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church.
Doris is survived by her two loving sons, Jerry and Mark Fitzpatrick, and their spouses, Debbie and Linda; her daughter-in-law, Leslie Fitzpatrick; two grandsons, Ryan and Kevin Fitzpatrick, and their spouses, James Collins and Mimi Fitzpatrick; and two great-grandchildren, Maggie and Cormac Fitzpatrick.
She also leaves behind, through marriage, a brother-in-law, John Fitzpatrick; a sister-in-law, Sharon Hupp; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband, William, and her son, Brian.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 14, at 1:00 p.m. at Leavitt Funeral Home in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Mt. Carmel.
Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.LeavittFuneralHome.com.
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