Edward Joseph FitzPatrick born July 10th, 1930, died age 95. His parents Elizabeth and Arthur FitzPatrick were from County Down Ireland.
He was predeceased by his parents, sister Mary, her husband Joseph Byrne, Granddaughter Brenda, and devoted wife Kathleen.
Raised in the Bronx, he was an over 50 year resident of Blauvelt.
A graduate of Power Memorial HS, Iona College and Hunter College’s Master program, he earned his PH.D in educational psychology and guidance at Fordham.
In a 33 year New York City teaching career, he was guidance counselor, an Assistant Jr. HS Principal and math and continuing education supervisor. He was principal of St Anastasia’s K-8 school after retiring.
Concurrently and after retirement he served as Director of Student Teaching at St. Thomas Aquinas College and was Coordinator of Elementary Education at Iona College while teaching education and psychology. He taught psychology at Rockland Community College.
He served honorably in the U.S. Naval Reserve for 6 years.
Through the grace of God he participated in the A.A. program of recovery beginning on December 2nd 1973. Credentialed as a Substance Abuse Counselor he had the privilege of working with recovering alcoholics for over 40 years.
A member of the Parish Council of St. Catharine’s in Blauvelt, he taught religious education, was a Eucharistic Minister, and participated in other parish activities. He was a historian for Div.5 AOH, a 4th degree Knight of Columbus, and a life member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.
He is survived by his children Edward(Karen), Deirdre, Maura(John), Daniel, Kathleen(Len), Oona, James(Monica) and his grandchildren Colleen, Margy, Eddie, Kyle, Brendan, Suzanne, Aimee, Kelley, Jed, Ciara, Lenny, Liam and Kaylie. His great grandchildren Maeve, Sean, Luke, Ryan, and Niall also survive him.
Visitation is Thursday, August 7, 2025 from 4 – 8 PM at Pizzi Funeral Home, 120 Paris Avenue, Northvale, NJ. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, August 8, 2025 at 10 AM at St. Catharine’s RC Church, Blauvelt with interment to follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Edward’s memory may be made to Sisters of the Poor, Bronx, NY https://littlesistersofthepoorbronx.org/donate/.
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Since April, 1987, Ed has been a friend, confidant and a soft ear….we enjoyed many walks around the outdoor track and indoors when the weather was bad.
He taught me how to become abstinent from alcohol and how to work on maturing my personality….one day at a time.
We taught each other how to appreciate divergent spiritual paths and learn from each other along the way.
I will miss him.
The Chillingsworth family send their deepest condolences to all of the Fitzpatricks at this sad time. I personally met Ed for the first time in the 1960’s when Rodger and I visited New York from England to stay with him and Kathleen. Rodger and Ed had long discussions on many subjects which continued every time they met. He could not understand why Rodger and I wanted to go into New York and Grenwich Village to explore and see the sights but he did allow us to take Deidre with us and that was the first time she had been. He will be truly missed by many people.
Ed Fitzpatrick was a great man. A loyal son of St. John’s of Kingsbridge in the Bronx, he never forgot where he came from or his heritage. He was a great friend to my parents who will be at heaven’s gate to welcome him along with Kay and all of the people he was friends with and helped. I will miss his company and his wise words of advice. He is a legend!!
Martin Fogarty
Uncle Ed was married to Kay, my mother’s sister. I will always be grateful to Ed for his kindness to Kay’s multitude of nieces and nephews particularly those “dropping in” from Ireland when they were students as I and my brother Padraic did with all of the obliviousness of wandering teenagers. He not only opened his home to us but he also went to great lengths to make sure we saw some of the best of New York City including Broadway shows and other sites. He continued to show great interest in every single one of us over the years. We all remember Ed’s intense and engaging discussions of just about anything under the sun. He loved to engage with people.
RIP Ed.