Molly Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

NASHUA - Molly Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, 10, a fourth-grade student in Nashua, died unexpectedly in Tarzana, Calif., from an acute viral illness on Monday, Dec. 23, while visiting family in California. She was a daughter of Nashua residents Catherine M. and Dr. Sean W. Fitzpatrick.

She was born in San Diego on May 8, 1992. She was a fourth-grade student at the Charlotte Avenue School.

Molly was a communicant of St. Christopher's Church in Nashua. She played on the C.Y.O. Basketball Cadettes, and was a Junior Girl Scout of Troop 307.

Molly enjoyed making cookies and spending time with her black Labrador retriever, Henry.

Besides her parents, she is survived by two sisters, Meghan Ruth and Anne Catherine Fitzpatrick of Nashua; her paternal grandparents, Dr. Thomas and Kathleen Fitzpatrick of Chelmsford; her maternal grandparents, Charles and Mary Lou Smith of Scarborough, Maine; seven uncles and aunts, Thomas and Julie Fitzpatrick of Melrose, Jorinda Margolis of York, Maine, Colleen and Bill Beaumont of Dracut, Michael and Maura Russo of Chelmsford, Charles and Victoria Smith of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Daniel and Cinthia Smith of Turlock, Calif., William and Riley Smith of Westbrook, Maine, and Paul Fitzpatrick, who is also her godfather; nine cousins, Jonathan, Anthony, Brittany, Brandon, Sam, Julianna, Christine, Connor, and Kaitlyn. She also leaves her godmother, Michelle Przybylowicz and her husband James; and her two best friends, Tim and Laura Przybylowicz, all of Scarborough, Maine and former residents of Nashua.

She also was the cousin of the late Owen Fitzpatrick.