Funeral Services Set For Former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick

LEVITTOWN, PA — Funeral arrangements have been announced for former Bucks County Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, 56, died Monday after a battle with melanoma.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, Jan. 9, from 4-9 p.m., and again Friday, Jan. 10, from 10 a.m.-noon at Queen of the Universe Church, at 2443 Trenton Rd. in Levittown.

A funeral mass will be held at the church at noon on Friday.

Interment will be private, according to Fitzpatrick's obituary.

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In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for mass cards. Memorial donations also may be made to Queen of the Universe Parish, Washington Crossing Council Boy Scouts of America (One Scout Way, Doylestown, PA 18901) and the Guardians of the National Cemetery (PO Box 233, Newtown, PA 18940).

The oldest of eight children, including brother Brian Fitzpatrick, who currently represents Bucks County in Congress, Mike Fitzpatrick was born on June 28, 1963 in Philadelphia.

A graduate of Bishop Egan High School and an Eagle Scout, Fitzpatrick graduated from St. Thomas University of Miami in 1985 and the Dickinson School of Law in 1988. He worked as an attorney at several law firms before serving on the Bucks County Board of Commissioners from 1995-2005.

He would go on to serve four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 2005-2007 and from 2011-2015.

He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Kathleen, daughters Katie Chapman (John), Maggie Ayling (Jack), Molly, sons Michael, James, Thomas, grandson Jack Chapman and granddaughter Abby Chapman, parents James and Mary, brothers James and Brian and sisters Mary Gilmore (Jeff), Kathleen Murray (Joseph), Patricia Morse (Paul), Colleen O'Brien (Cornelius), Margaret Guenther (Mark) and sister-in-law Helen Gordon and brother-in-law Thomas Gestite (Donna).

You can read Mike Fitzpatrick's full obituary here.