James Fitzgerald Obituary

I am SO VERY sorry to hear of your dad's passing. He was one of the nicest men I have ever met.
One of the rare men that touches your heart that you feel as though you are part of his family.
Next to my dad he was the hardest working & sweetest man I knew. We shared his interest in real estate especiallly Palos Park, heart problems and life's ups and downs.
He always said not to burn bridges and since John bought my parent's house I assumed a long friendship.

How quickly our lives change. I will have a hole in my heart from his loss.
I was so looking forward to a New year's lunch and see his smiling face.
My sympathies to your family.
I will miss him terribly, he was so kind. God bless you, Jim.
Fondly,

I remember Uncle Jim always happy and never unhappy and the kindest person I know! He was a good person and lived a good life.

James,
you were the rock, you are breathlessly missed as we feel it. Your children are your light here on earth, they will shine always with your spirit. You have given them the best of life, TRUE LOVE. For there is FAITH,HOPE & LOVE, but the greatest of these is LOVE-(I Corinthians).Hope endures all, and may we all keep the FAITH, as that is all that will PREVAIL. It is until next time -God Bless us everyone.

To Chris and the Fitzgerald Family,

I am deeply saddened by the loss of your father. I remember him as a truly warm and welcoming man. He will be missed by all. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Dear Fitzgerald family,
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. Your father was such a great man and allowed me many opportunities that have gotten me to where I am today. He was always willing to help out at a moments notice. He will be missed by many and will be in our hearts forever. Thank you Jim for everything you have done for me and the wonderful life experiences I have gained while working for you!

Sue and I were devastated when we heard of your loss. We have felt like "family" since Christopher and David were together in school. Your kindness to David over the years has meant so much to him and us. We pray for better times and peace and understanding. Our love and gratitude to you all is enduring.

Dear Fitzgerald Family,
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your father. All the memories that I have with your family will continue in my heart forever. Our parents brought all of us together and the fun we had. Please remeber that He will live in my heart forever.
all my love and prayers
Sharon (Joyce) Mahon

To the dear Fitzgerald Children,

There are few men you meet in this world with the heart and love that was your Father......You all have been truly blessed....and so was Jim. He was so proud of all his children....their accomplishments and sucesses.....as well as the difficult times all families have, always giving his unconditional Love. I will deeply miss his warmth--his smile---his kindness---and true friendship. My prayers and deepest sympathy are with you all.. God Bless you Jim---until next time.
Your Friend,

Dr. P.A.S.

To The Fitzgerald Family,
We were so sorry to hear of the passing of your father. It brings back so many wonderful memories when we were younger and our families spent so much time together. Your father was a wonderful, larger than life man and his spirit will stay with you forever. God Bless all of you at this time.

Fitzgerald Family,

Emily and I were both saddened to hear the news about your father. Your whole family has always been great to both of us and we have many great memories to hold on to. We're thinking of you and wish you the best in this difficult time.

Love,

Niall and Emily Byers

Jim was a very dear friend. Connie and I wish to express our sincere sympathy to his children, Jill, and family.

To the entire Fitzgerald Familiy, I am tuely sorry for your loss, he was always a warm, kind and loving man. My thoughts are with you.

Robert Kleiman

Dear Jill and family,

It's been such a long time since we've seen each other, but I have thought of you often over the years. I am so sorry to hear about Jim, but from what was said and felt at his funeral, it seems he lived & loved so well and so fully. That, I think, must be a wonderful treasure and solace to all of you who are still here.

My love and prayers are with you,

Kathleen Maltese and family, Joe and GABRIEL OLIVER.

To the entire Fitzgerald family,
i am so sorry for your great loss. Your dad was an amazing man and so lucky to always have been surrounded by all your great love. my thoughts go out to all of you. i hope you are all ok.
with love,
Lara Lescht Schwartzberg

TO THE FITZGERALD FAMILY

PLEASE ACCEPT MY CONDOLENCES FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR FATHER, I'M SURE HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL, YOUR FATHER WAS A VERY KIND MAN AND I COULD NEVER FORGET HIS GOOD MORNINGS HE WOULD SAY TO ME WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE.. HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE NOW AND ONE DAY YOU WILL ALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN

LORI RODRIGUEZ

Dear Jim,

I would like you and your entire family to know that I will always remain eternally thankful for all that you have done for me over the past 18 years. You never refused me even at your own expense. You and your family are wonderful, and Jim you will always be in my heart. To each and every member of the Fitzgerald family I would like to express my love and gratitude, I know that my words will do little ease the sorrow of your loss, but I wish you the best during this sad time. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

With Much Love,

Joseph M. Fasciana

Dear Fitzgerald Family,

Please accept my deepest and sincerest condolences. Jim's warmth, kindness and comfort has enriched everyone who has had the privilege of being associated with him. He will always have a special place in my heart.

To the Fitzgerald Family:

We were so sorry to hear of your loss. We truly miss Jim. We remember all the great times that we had with him at Finer Foods. He always made one feel so welcome and his warmth just left an impact on our hearts. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family.

Dear Erin, John, Mary Ann and the entire Fitzgerald Family,

We are so sorry for your loss. Your father was obviously a wonderful man that will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.

Love,

Ashley and Pam

To Mary Ann and all the Fitzgeralds: You have my deepest sympathy for your loss and are in my thoughts and prayers. I know Jim's spirit will live on and he is in a place of peace. Sincerely, Rick Salvadore

Erin, John and the Fitz family, My heart goes out to you all. I had some good laughs with your dad these past two summers at your home and am very saddened by this terrible loss. I love you all and thinking and praying for you during this difficult time. Jenny

Dear all in the family,

My heart goes out to you. I never would haved learned about the produce industry without Big Jim. A true Stand up man. He will truly be missed by all.

With all my love and condolences,

Bill Tingle and the Tingle Family.

Jim,
Thank you for all that you have shared with me throughout the years. You welcomed me, guided and supported me always. I will always remember your sharp business sense, your great sense of humor and all the wonderful stories of your life that you shared. I promise to take good care of Chris. I know you will be watching down over him and helping guide him as well as all Jill, your children and grandchildren espically during this difficult time.
You will be missed.
Allegra R

To the entire Fitzgerald clan, Jim will be missed by many. He has had an impact on many personal and professional lives. Please remember all the blessings we have received from knowing him. May his memory be eternal!

Dear Jim,

I miss you deeply. Your love and kindness meant the world to me and I was so proud to be your future daughter-in-law. I'll always remember fireworks on lake Michigan and your smile holding the Krantz's baby on the 4th of July. I giggled and laughed so hard at the ticking box jokes. I wish I could have had more time with you. Lots of Love I'm sending to you in Heaven.

Dear Erin and to everyone in The Fitzgerald Family, please know how sorry I am about the loss of your father. I have only heard great stories of your father and feel confident he is in great peace. I even enjoyed meeting him on one of my visits to Finer Foods. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with all of you. With great sympathy.

NOVERMBER 06,2008
Fitzerald family,

to the entire Fitzerald family. my prayers and condolences go out to the entire family. Jim will be missed in our business world. he brought spirit and life to his company and kids,as a father and businessman

Howard Kacsh (S & M Produce )

My dear Fitzgeralds; Words cannot express our sympathy for your loss. Riley and Brooke were constantly talking about their wonderful Grandpa and the wonderful hugs he would give them. You are in our prayers, Love the Blake family

Dear Fitzgerald Family, my deepest sympathies go out to you all. Jim was a great friend and mentor to me and I will never forget the positive impact he has had on my life. God bless you all.

Dear Fitzgerald Family,

Please accept my condolences and deepest sympathies on your loss. Mr. Fitzgerald's spirit will live on in all of you and in the legacy he has left behind.

Peyman

To Our Dear Cousins:
We love and miss Uncle Jim so very much. He was such a kind and generous person. As Kate wrote in a letter to him: “You were a great Uncle – Thank you for letting us be in your life”.
There is definitely one more angel in heaven watching over all of us.
May God Bless Uncle Jim and all of you!

With love and deepest sympathy,
Cousin Julie, Elizabeth,
Molly and Kate

To the Fitzgerald Family-
We are so sorry for you loss. Jim will truely be missed. We know that he is in a better place. You all are in our thoughts and prays. God Bless You All!
From Ed,Alice,Natalia,Eddie and Maddie Strzelecki

Fitzgerald Family:
You are all in my thoughts and prayers. It pains me that I can not be there to support you in this difficult time but know that I am there in spirit. You are all amazing and wonderful, thank you for allowing me to be apart of your lives.

God Bless you all -

Dear Jim,
Words are not enough to express the tremendous loss I feel. Visiting Erin at Finer will never be the same, as you always greeted me with open arms a big kiss on the cheek followed by "Its so good to see you, when are you moving back home?" I will cherish our fond conversations about work, life and family. I feel blessed having been a part of your loving family for the last 30 years, and joining you during so many holiday occasions at the Fitzgeralds.
Most of all I want to thank you for bring Erin into this world and my life as she has always been the sister I never had.
May you rest in peace for all eternity.
All my love,
Rochelle

To the fitzgerald family
I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS
IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL.

May you rest in peace and when you have time looked down at all of us and watch over us

Dear Cousins,

My heart has broken along with all of yours. I loved your father very much. In my sorrow and sadness, I find comfort in knowing how very fortunate I am to have had him as my only uncle. I hope your Dad knew that he always held a special place in my heart. I cannot remember exactly when I decided to remove the “Jim” from “Uncle Jim” and simply refer to him as “Uncle”, but I think he grew to like it. When he would respond by calling me “Niece”, it would always put a smile on my face.

He had a compassionate heart and showed such enormous generosity to my family. When we needed jobs, he welcomed us to Finer with opens arms. When Tom and I needed to save money for our wedding and a house, he so generously gave us an apartment. But above all, I am most grateful for the brother he was to my Dad. I hope someday I can have as great of an impact on my nieces and nephews as he did on me. I will miss him so very much.

With an aching heart and much love for all of you,
Cousin Amy

To The Fitzgerald Family,
There are no words to decribe how I felt for your Dad. I only knew him a little over two years,but within those two years he always made me feel comfortable! He was a kind and very warm hearted person! From what I saw of him,he loved his children and his grandchildren very much. GOD Needed another Angel and choose Jim Fitzgerald for the job because only he could fill the position.May God Bless all of you. If you need anything and I can help...I am here.

Dear Fitzgerald Family

Our deepest sympathies and thoughts are with you during this difficult time.

I only knew Jim for a short time, but I will miss all the stories he told me about the good old days and his association with Vince. The stories about his children growing up and grandchildren were also wonderful to hear.

Visiting the warehouse will not be the same because I know I won't be greeted by Jim's smile, hug and kiss on the check.

I am thankful to say I met Jim Fitzgerald and his wonderful wife Jill and their children.

Nina & Vince (Orland Park Ill.)

To the whole Fitzgerald Family,
You are all such a wonderful family, I grew up with all of you and I have known and LOVED your father for he is like a second father to me, he is the only man I have ever worked for and I would never work for anyone else. he was so special to me he had taught me allot in bussiness and in personal life. I will never forget the talks we had by the water cooler or when he would offer me a can of salmon and I would always politley decline. I loved him so much I was so fortunate and honored to of known him and your family for all these years. God Bless to all of you!!

To Erin, Mary Ann and the whole Fitzgerald family,
When I would call early in the morning to place an order, Jim would always recognize my voice, call me by name, thank me for my business, and wish me a wonderful day. It was a great way to start a day! I am so sorry for your loss and you are in my thoughts.

Dear Jill, Mary, Jimmy, Pat, Mike, Joe, Erin, John and Chris,

You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

With love, Corene

Mr. Fitzgerald,

You always told me to call you Jim, which I could never bring myself to do, as you will always be Mr. Fitzgerald. You have a truly wonderful and loving family and I am fortunate and proud to have them in my life.

The Berish Family

Dear Jim,
Of all the wonderful things God has given me in my life, our friendship over the last 35 years has been at the top of the list. My heart is hurting from the loss. I know that God has taken you home to a much better place and that the pain of this terrible loss will ease and the fondest of memories will take its place. I will pray every day to tell you how greatful I am for everything you have given me.

To all of your family, Sally & I give to you our deepest simpathy. We can only imagine the pain of this loss. May God bless you all and walk with you throughout your period of grief.

To The Fitzgeralds:

Working with your father was a joy and true honor. He was the most personable and generous man, the type of person you rarely come across these days. He will be missed by all those who knew his kind soul.

Deepest Sympathies,
Esteban and Rebeca DeSantiago

Jill and Family:

Our deepest sympathies and thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Mr. Fitzgerald will be missed by all, he was truly a kind and generous soul. Our prayers are with you.

The Sanchez-DeSantiago Family

Dearest Fitzgerald Family,
May God help through this difficult time and we are so very sorry for your loss.

To My Dear Friend Jim,
I have had the honnor of being called your friend and enjoying our families together over the many years I have known you. I have learned many things from you but most of all you taught me to have strenght, dignity and the passion to always do what I thought was right. I will always carry a speacial place for you in my heart. Your family has been blessed to have you for the time they did. I know that your work ethic was always to provide a better life for them. I will forever miss you my LOVING FRIEND.
YOUR PAL THROUGH ETERNITY
Marco Manzie

To the Fitzgeralds,

Our deepest sympathies on the loss of Jim. We were so fortunate to have known him for soooo many years. Not only was he a very close business associate but a fine mentor to us as well.
we will have many memories of our "get togethers " and the many spur of the moment special functions that he so delighted in rising to the ocassion!!! Our industry has lost a man who truly believed in service.....he will be sorely missed - but remembered.

Paul Hertz and Jim Atkins

TO THE FITZGERALD FAMILY I KNEW YOUR FATHER ONLY A SHORT TIME .BUT EVERY MORNING WHEN I CAME IN TO WORK HE WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO SAY GOOD MORNING HE WAS A VERY NICE AND KIND MAN . HE WILL BE MISSED . MAY GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY .

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

To the Fitzgeralds,
Our deepest sympathies on the loss of Jim. He was a wonderful person and we will miss his his incredible kindness and cheerful personality. Your are all in our thoughts and prayers.

Dear Grandpa,
I miss you so much you were the greatest Grandpa ever. I hope you are safe up in Heaven and no that i love you.

To The Fitzgerald Family,

May the pain of your loss be comforted by the loving memories you have of your Dad. I remember him fondly from when I would make my frequent calls to your office. He was a spirited individual with tremendous love in his heart for his family. You are lucky to have been able to work so closely with him for so many years. Our industry has lost one of the good guys. He will be remembered.

Dear Grandpa:
I love you and will miss you. We always had a nice time when I came to visit and I will always remember you taking me shopping at Target that day. Thank you for being such a good grandpa to me.

Dear Grandpa,
I miss you so much. I love you so much to. You really meant the most to me and a lot to me. I miss you but i now your in Heaven as an Angle and your in no pain. And i no when i am sad i will look up in Heaven and remember there's an Angle looking down at me. And i no i can talk to you Grandpa whenever i want. You are the best and will always be the best. I love you so much!!!!!!!!!

Pat and Courtney and to all the Fitzgeralds, we are so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Jon and Kris Garrett

To the Fitzgerald Family: Please accept our deepest sympathy on the loss of your father. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

Dear Erin,
I kept looking over my shoulder this past Sunday to where your Dad always sits in Church. I knew that his heart had been aching for a long time and I thought that I'd invite him over for a cup of coffee. I guess the good Lord had other plans for him! Your Dad and I struck up a very special friendship this past year. His kindness and love of his family was very apparent. I can only imagine the void that you must be feeling. My love and prayers to you and to your entire family on your loss. What a wonderful man he was!

Mr. Fitzgerald was the kindest and most sincere man.I will miss him dearly and I give my love and prayers to his family. I love you guys.

Our Deepest Condolences,

Bobby Hatoff, Tommy Blando,
Steve Amato and the folks at
Allen Brothers Inc.

Dear Jill and children, Joe and Kathleen,
On behalf of Dorothy Dwyer's Family, we extend our condolences on your loss of Jim. A man who was such a wonderful friend to so many and touched endless hearts with his kindness. You are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

Dear Fitzgerald Family,
Words cannot begin to express the sadness I feel for everyone. Your family has been a part of my life for the past 30 years. Please know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
I love you all,
Rochelle

To the Fitzgerald Family:

Please accept our heartfelt sympathy for you loss and our prayers that treasured memories lift you up.

-From all of us at Max Nisson & Associates

Dad, I miss you with all my heart. I know you are in heaven with Nana, Grandpa & Nichols. May God bless you.
Love, Erin Ann

dad,

I love you and miss you

JOE

To Jim's wonderful family, we sadly share in your grief and offer our prayers in loving memory of our friend and former good neighbor.

Erin:

Please accept my heartfelt condolences on your loss. I know that words cannot really express the sympathy that I feel, but hope that you know that you are in my thoughts at this difficult time.

Gwen

Jill and family: I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of need.