FORT EDWARD – Thelma Fitzgerald Cook 99, just one week short of 100 years old, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at the Fort Hudson Health Care Facility in Fort Edward.
Born on June 8, 1920 in Schuylerville, she was the daughter of the late James and Lillian (French) Fitzgerald.
On September 9th, 1939, she married Robert Cook at Notre Dame de Lourdes in Schuylerville. They were married 55 wonderful years before he passed away in 1995.
Thelma was devoted to her work. She loved her job at General Electric in Fort Edward, retiring at the age of 62.
Thelma was a member of St. Joseph’s Church in Fort Edward. She also enjoyed traveling, skiing (water and snow) and spending time with family at her summer home on Hadlock Pond.
Along with her parents and husband, Thelma was predeceased by her brothers, Wickham, Beryl and Kenneth Fitzgerald; and grandson Donald Curtis Jr.
Survivors include her two daughters, JoAnn Curtis and her husband, Donald of Fort Edward and Patricia Boulet and her husband, George of Schenectady; her grandchildren, Thomas Boulet and his wife, Beth of Colorado Springs, CO., Michelle Marchese and her husband, Wayne of Frisco, TX, Christine Roos and her husband Robert of Clifton Park; several great grandchildren and a special nephew Walter Fitzgerald.
Funeral Services at Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., will be private, because of the Covid-19 restrictions.
She will be laid to rest next to her husband at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Fort Edward on June 8th, her 100th birthday.
The family would like to thank Carol Jean Saunders along with the staff at FHNH for their devoted care and requests that memorial donations in Thelma’s name be made to the Fort Hudson Healthcare Facility, Alzheimer’s Wing, 319 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY 12828.
So sorry for your loss Tom. You are a great guy, and I’m grateful she had you in her life to the end. Now you can pray TO her, rather than pray FOR her. Rest In Peace Ms. Thelma.
Thoughts and prayers from a former Prospect St. native.
God bless one and all.