Daniel V. Fitzpatrick Jr.

Daniel V. Fitzpatrick, Jr., 75, of East Fallowfield, PA, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. He was the beloved husband of Charlotte C. Schmids Fitzpatrick with whom he shared 51 years of marriage. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Daniel V. Fitzpatrick, Sr. and Theresa C. McGrail Fitzpatrick.

Dan was born and raised in Massachusetts and was a graduate of  Stoughton High School. He then proudly served in the US Marine Corps as a bugler  with Marine Drum and Bugle Corps in Washington, DC  from 1967 to 1970.

He continued his education receiving an associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology  in Boston, Massachusetts. He was employed, for 35 years, by Verizon in Philadelphia.  After retirement, he continued to keep himself busy with various jobs, projects and music throughout the years.

Dan continued playing the horn and was a member of various Drum and Bugle Corps including the Reading Buccaneers, Archer Epler, and Yankee Rebels.  He was also a member of the Chester County Marine Corps League and proudly volunteered to play Taps for Veterans funerals throughout the area.  Dan had attended St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Coatesville, PA.

He is survived, in addition to his wife, by two children; Sharray Finnegan and husband Robert of Glen Mills, PA and Daniel V. Fitzpatrick, III and his wife Ellen of Phoenixville, PA, two grandchildren, Megan Finnegan and Christopher Finnegan, and four siblings; Anne Hepworth of Sandwich, Massachusetts, Paul Fitzpatrick of Stoughton, Massachusetts, Marie Garrity of Wareham, Massachusetts and Joseph Fitzpatrick of Virginia. He was preceded in death by one brother Steve Fitzpatrick.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, November 22, 2024 at 11:00 AM at  Saint Peter Catholic Church, 2835 Manor Road, Coatesville, PA 19320. Visitation and viewing at the church from 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM. Interment will follow at All Souls Cemetery, Coatesville.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg, PA.

Online condolences may be respectfully posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com