Marian “Cookie” Fitzgerald, 69, of Oelwein, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Grandview Healthcare Center in Oelwein, Iowa.

Marian was born on March 5, 1941, in Oelwein, Iowa, the daughter of Dick and Evelyn (Bathke) Lawver.  On February 1, 1962 she was united in marriage to James Fitzgerald.  He survives along with her children, Ruth Fitzgerald, Oelwein; Donna Lynn Fitzgerald, Rochester, MN; Donald Lee (Shannon) Fitzgerald, Maynard, IA; Shirley Ann Fitzgerald, Rockford, IA.; Mary Jane Fitzgerald, Oelwein, IA; Jamie Marie Fitzgerald, Rochester, MN; a brother, Jim Stinger, Oelwein; and sisters, Josephine Zacharias of Arizona and Betty Lou Baker of Idaho. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Shirley Lawver.

The family has requested no visitation with private services and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in Oelwein.