Zora D. Fitzgerald
Seymour, MO
Zora D. Fitzgerald, 88 years, 11 months, and 22 days old, passed to heaven on December 20, 2010 at Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare, Ava, MO.
Zora was born December 28, 1921 in Ongo, MO to Walter and Stella (Lakey) Fitzgerald.
Zora was a lifelong resident of Douglas County. She worked in the family Fitzerald Grocery and Feed Store. Zora was devoted in caretaking her family in the home. She was a member of the Dogwood Nazarene Church. Her hobbies were cooking, sewing, crocheting and she always enjoyed going to church.
Zora was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Vonice Rose and Bonnie Williams, three brothers, Merman, Herman and Emra Fitzgerald.
Zora is survived by five sisters, Stella Fitzgerald, Seymour, MO, Erma Lupton, Ava, MO, Doris Wood, Marshfield,MO, Genieve Wallace and husband, Lester, Bettendorf, IA and Nola Gifford, Ava, MO, many nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Zora will be Thursday, December 23, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, MO with burial in the Ava Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, December 23, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. to service time in the funeral home. Officiating will be Rev. Mike Peebles and Rev. Benny Boling. Memorials may be made to Gideons International.