Rosetta Berger Fitzgerald

Rosetta Berger Fitzgerald PITTSFIELD Mrs. Rosetta Berger Fitzgerald, 87, of 379 East St., died Thursday March 26, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center following several illnesses. Born in Bennington, Vt., on March 31, 1921, daughter of Frederic and Annie Overlock Berger, she graduated from New Lebanon, N.Y., High School and also attended Volusia County, Fla., public schools. During World War II, she was employed at General Electric in Pittsfield. After raising her family, she was employed at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a passionate enthusiast of reading, playing cards, walking and travel. She summered often on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard with family and good friends and wintered in Florida with her husband. People remember her as a generous person, full of the joy of life. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph J. Fitzgerald Sr., whom she married on June 5, 1943. He died on Jan. 21, 1998. She leaves a daughter; Maureen Fitzgerald of Stephentown, N.Y., two sons, Michael Fitzgerald. and his wife, Teresa, and John Fitzgerald, all of Pittsfield, three grandchildren; Jason, Erin and Luke and a sister; Helen Bates of Brainard, N.Y. She was predeceased by two sons; Patrick Fitzgerald who died in 1976 and Joseph Fitzgerald Jr. who died in 2002. FUNERAL NOTICE: A private service for Rosetta Fitzgerald will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, care of the DWYER FUNERAL HOME, 776 North St., Pittsfield, in her memory.