Murray S. Fitzgerald, 89, 913 Tecumseh Drive, St. Marys, died at 5:20 p.m. Aug. 25, 2006, at Valley Nursing Home, St. Marys.

He was born Aug. 28, 1916, in Kittanning, Pa., to Murray Bud and Hilda M. Frank Fitzgerald. On Sept. 29, 1939, he married Dorothy W. Bervinkle, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Murray Bud (Barb), St. Marys; a daughter, Carol J. (Steven) Kennedy, Fort Wayne, Ind.; three sisters, Bernice Stimmel and Cora McKinney, both of Natrona Heights, Pa., and Mary Louise Michael, Freeport, Pa.; four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Deceased is a sister, Maxine Beachy.

He was a retired chemical engineer and vice-president of Cooper Industrial Products Corporation in Findlay and Auburn, Ind. He was a graduate of University of Pittsburgh and was a member of Wayne Street United Methodist Church, the Kiwanis Club International and Eagles Lodge Aerie 767, all of St. Marys. He was also a member of Auburn Lions' Club.

Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. Ed Groff officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys.

Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Contributions can be made to the church building fund.