Death Notice
East Liverpool Review
[East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio]
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Page 5A


Leonard Fitzsimmons

EAST PALESTINE - Leonard F. Fitzsimmons, 93, of Waterford Road, passed away at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the Salem Regional Medical Center, where he had been a patient.

He was born Nov. 20, 1921 in East Palestine, a son of the late Charles Ross and Lucretia Thorpe Fitzsimmons. He had held several occupations and had retired from LTV Steel, Youngstown. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran, having served with Battery A, the 453rd Aircraft Battalion.

His wife, the former Virginia Allard, preceded him in death.

Mr. Fitzsimmons is survived by two daughters, Sandra McCalla, at home, and Diane Clapsaddle, Lisbon, as well as a son, Jerry Fitzsimmons, Phoenix, Ariz.; six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 10, at the Oliver-Linsley Funeral Home, with Robert Helbeck of the First Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow in Glenview Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the combined units of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4579 and the American Legion Post 31. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the time of service.