Kennedy Michael Fitzgerald

Kennedy Michael Fitzgerald, 20, died in a house fire in Easton, MD August 18, 2007; he died with his sister Maggie Rose Fitzgerald, and his girlfriend Christine Renee Maier. Kennedy was born on the Banana River, Meritt Island, Florida on June 30, 1987. Just before his birth his mother and father saw a manatee and its calf which would foretell Kennedy’s love of nature. He lived in the Arcadia neighborhood of northeast Baltimore City, belonging to St. Francis parish until 1995 when he moved to his beloved Eastern Shore where he resided in St.Michaels and Easton. He was an Eagle Scout who hiked the Philmont, New Mexico reservation. He visited Ireland, Switzerland, Belize and circumnavigated the globe on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program, visiting countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. He was to travel to Prague in November. Kennedy graduated from Easton High School in 2005 where he served as Class President. An outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman, Kennedy was a devoted naturalist whose dream was to preserve and restore the Chesapeake Bay to its natural and pristine origins. He worked at The Bistro and Environmental Concern, St. Michaels, the Oxford Marine Laboratory and spent three summers employed by the St. Michael’s Marina where he reveled in the beauty and majesty of the Chesapeake Bay. He was an avid snowboarder and loved Vermont and his home base of Okemo Mountain. Kennedy was a junior enrolled in the University of Maryland’s Honors Program studying Environmental Sciences. He is survived by his mother, Peggy Walsh Fitzgerald, father Matthew E. Fitzgerald, brother Garrett M. Fitzgerald (21), sister Clara Jeanne Fitzgerald (15) and sister Bernadette Maeve Fitzgerald (13), all of Easton; his maternal grandmother Claire Walsh Murphy, and Uncle Jim and Aunt Ellen Walsh of St. Michaels; and a plethora of aunts, uncles and cousins. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Friday, August 24, 2007 at 10:00 AM at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Easton, MD. Friends may call on Thursday, August 23, 2007 from 2 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Easton, MD. Kennedy’s passion, vision of a better world and zest for life will be kept alive among his family and friends. Donations may be sent to the Chesapeake Save the Bay Fund, of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403. Arrangements are by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD.