Daniel Joseph Fitzgerald (June 9, 1898 – March 12, 1990) was the Hampden County, Massachusetts Registrar of Probate and a State Deputy of Massachusetts for the Knights of Columbus.[1][2]
Fitzgerald was born June 9, 1898, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Thomas J. and Nellie V. (Moriaty) Fitzgerald.[1] He had a brother, Gerald, and a sister, Mae.[3] He graduated from Technical High School in 1917 and Bay Path Institute in 1918, both in Springfield.[4] He served in the Army as a private during World War I and the Navy in World War II as a yeoman first class.[1][2][4] He married Marguerite A. O'Donnell, but she died on December 12, 1936, after 15 months of marriage.[1]
He was elected the Hampden County Registrar of Probate and retired on July 1, 1968, after 35 years in office.[3] Prior to that we worked in the Registry.[2] He was also a Knight of Malta. Fitzgerald was elected on in 1952 as the Massachusetts State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus.[2] He was the first man from Western Massachusetts to hold the post.[2]
Fitzgerald lived at 179 Thompson St. in Springfield.[2] He died March 12, 1990, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Chicopee.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Lapomarda 1992, p. 75.
- ^ a b c d e f "D.J. Fitgerald, Springfield, Heads State Council, K. of C." The Boston Globe. May 19, 1952. p. 18. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ^ a b c Lapomarda 1992, p. 77.
- ^ a b "Fitzgerald Gives Statement On Deeds Candidacy", Holyoke Daily Transcript and Telegram, Holyoke, Massachusetts, number 24,689, June 26, 1958, page 20. (subscription required)
Works cited
edit- Lapomarda, Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.