
Kennesaw
United Methodist Church
Robert L. (Bob) Fitzgerald
"And friends are friends
forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say "never"
Cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends
With the faith and love that God's given
Springing from the hope we know
We will pray the joy you'll live in
Is the strength that now you show
But we'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem you've gone
Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong"
(From
the Chorus Line of the Song "Friends")

Robert L. (Bob) Fitzgerald,
the youngest of three children of Michael James and Agnes
Fitzgerald, was born Sept 12,1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. He lived in
nearby Brandford, Ct. He graduated from Bradford High school in 1964. Dec
1965 he was drafted into the army for 2 years. He spent 1967 in Thailand.
January 1968 he started working for A T & T as a communications
technician-working with long distance switching equipment. In 1974 he
moved to Hollywood, Fla. Oct 1977 he married Lois Setzer. They became
parents of two children-Brian and Jennifer. Bob was transferred to metro
Atlanta with his job in 1985, and the family moved to Acworth. During his
30 years working for AT&T Bob was promoted to technical support supervisor
and later senior technical associate.

He went to Chattahoochee Technical Institute from
1989-1992 when he earned an associate of applied technology degree with a
major in electronic engineering technology. After his retirement from AT&T
in1998, he returned to work one month later as a consultant for Bell
South. In 2002 he retired for good, giving him more time to devote to
his family, ham radio hobby and walking around the neighborhood and down
Wade Green Road. He was active at Kennesaw UMC with the Christian Growth Sunday
School booth at Big Shanty Festival, Christmas Tree Sales to benefit
missions, and United Methodist Men's Club. During the fall of 2002
he helped build a Habitat for Humanity house. He lost his battle
with lung cancer at Kennestone Hospital on June 15,2004. He is loved
and greatly missed by his family, friends, and fellow Christians.
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