Elaine Fitzgerald

April 11, 1951 - October 26, 2021

Funeral services for Elaine Fitzgerald, age 70 of Lindale, Texas, are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home Chapel in Lindale with Bro. Jamie Cowart officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Hill Cemetery in Longview, Texas. Elaine passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2021, in Tyler, Texas. She was born April 11, 1951, in Longview to the late Jesse and Josie Kate (Wickersham) Derrick. Elaine has lived in Lindale for the last 50 years. She was a retired Registered Nurse and worked most of her career at the Truman W. Smith Children’s Care Center in Gladewater, Texas. Elaine was active in the Shrine Bull-Fest, the Crisis Center Hotline, and volunteered for many organizations involving the care and well-being of women and children. She also enjoyed working in her yard, riding horses, cooking, and the occasional trip to the boats in Shreveport. Elaine was preceded in death by her husband, Ronnie Fitzgerald, her sister, Jessie Kay Eaves, brother-in-law, Paul Hamilton, and friend, Paul Pasterczyk. She is survived by daughters, Stacy Storkson of Lindale and Rhonda Fitzgerald of Duncan, Oklahoma; sons, Ronnie Fitzgerald and wife, Amy of Sulphur Springs and Rodney Fitzgerald of Duncan, Oklahoma; brothers, Glenn Derrick and wife, Mikel of Kentucky and Steve Derrick and wife, Dee of Longview; sisters, Lottie Hamilton of Ore City and Jewell Bradshaw and husband, Harold of Longview; grandchildren, Karik, Giddeon, Gabriella, and Raistlin Storkson, and Karmen and Ronnie-Jo Fitzgerald; brother-in-law, Johnnie Fitzgerald; special friend, Dennis Taylor; and by numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family members and friends. Pallbearers will be Tim Reid, Mike Stacy, Christopher Derrick, Michael Langy, Justin Richards, Jordan Henderson and Cole Stellman. Honorary Pallbearers: Jimmy Bradshaw, James Eaves, Gary Jones, Charles Wilson, David Alvey, Jim Mann, Toby Flite, Denis Taylor. Family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, November 1, 2021, at Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale.