Alberta Fitzsimmons

Alberta Bowman Fitzsimmons, born October 28, 1922, in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles passed away on October 10, 2010 at St. Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley.
Alberta was a child of the Great Depression and maintained a life-long commitment to honesty, integrity, hard work and thrift. Growing up in San Gabriel with her family she enjoyed the pleasures of the garden, excelled in school and was a caregiver to her beloved sister. She was a resident of the Victor Valley for nearly seventy years. She worked all of her life and joined the federal civil service during World War II at the then Victorville Army Air Force Training Command where she met her future husband, Charles. They returned several years later to what became George Air Force Base to raise their family. Alberta worked with her close friend, the late Annabelle Ralya, at the Mode O'Day dress store for many years. She joined the Daily Press in 1978 as a bookkeeper and retired in 2008.
Alberta was pre-deceased by husband Charles Dillard Fitzsimmons, son Michael Clayton Fitzsimmons, sister Marie Elizabeth Peterson and brother-in-law Harry A. Peterson, brother Robert Bowman, brother John Bowman and parents John Rice Bowman, Jr., and Marie Elizabeth Roth Bowman. Alberta is survived by son Robert L. Fitzsimmons of Victorville, daughter Charlene Marie of Lincoln, Nebraska, granddaughter Koryn D. Bishop of Redding, granddaughter KayCee Marie Oldenburg of Lincoln, Nebraska, grandson Kerry Michael Oldenburg of Lincoln, Nebraska, great grandson Riley James Geistmann of Golden, Colorado, great granddaughter Marie Estelle Bishop of Redding, brother Charles L. Bowman and sister-in-law Jackie Johnson of Laguna Beach and niece Leslie Jensen of Bayfield, Colorado. She was very fond of special friends Gene and Susana Krejckant, Yoko Cox, Toni Felz, Midge McDonnell, Millie Lambert, Fran Glazer, Helen Gallant, Steve Williams, Fred and Elizabeth Carrillo, Richard and Ginger Wolf, Leda Medearis, Jan Chien and Freddy and Wendy Rosales. Alberta's kindness, humor and love will live forever in the memories of her family and friends.
A celebration of Alberta's life will be held on Friday, October 22, beginning at 4 p.m. and continuing through "Happy Hour" at Sunset Hills Memorial Park, 24000 Waalew Road, Apple Valley.
The caring, professionalism and compassion she experienced at St. Mary Medical Center - especially at rehabilitative services - were deeply appreciated. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the St. Mary Hospital Foundation.