Robert Peter Fitz

b. 30 March 1903, d. 4 May 1982
  • Robert Peter Fitz was born on 30 March 1903 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
  • He married Mary Madeline Keithley, daughter of Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker, on 12 February 1925.
  • Robert Peter Fitz and Mary Madeline Keithley appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Michigan City, LaPorte, Pennsylvania, at 410 West Ninth.
  • He was employed as a foreman in a car factory, according to the 1930 census.
  • Robert Peter Fitz and Mary Madeline Keithley appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, at 704 Greenwood. Other members of the household included Arden Patricia Fitz. They were living in Michigan city in 1935.
  • He was an automotive machinist, proprietor of a motor supply, according to the 1940 census.
  • Robert Peter Fitz became a widower at the 22 June 1979 death of his wife Mary Madeline Keithley.
  • Robert Peter Fitz died on 4 May 1982 at age 79 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, at St. Anthony Hospital.
  • He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana.
  • The following appeared on 5 May 1982 in a local newspaper: Robert Fitz, 79, 208 Whppoorwill Drive, died at 10 a.m. yesterday, May 4, 1982, at St. Anthony Hospital. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Carlisle Funeral Home. Earl A. Wood will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m. today and until the service tomorrow. Mr. Fitz was born March 30, 1903, in Johnstown, Pa., the son of Josephine Billig and Gustave Fitz. He was a retired machinist-mechanic. On March 29, 1980, in Michigan City, he married Ruie Fulford Davis, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Arden Patricia Wiggins, Petersburg, Va., and two grandchildren.
  • Last Edited: 3 Jul 2015

Family: Mary Madeline Keithley b. 18 November 1898, d. 22 June 1979