Denise Fitzpatrick
Funeral services for 74-year-old Denise Fitzpatrick were held Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, at Faith Lutheran Church, Madison, Minn. Rev. Dawn Quame officiated at the service. Special music was provided by Linda Anderson, organist. Honorary casket bearers were the Marietta American Legion Auxiliary Post 156. Active casket bearers were Aiden DePestel, Ryan Allen, Jerrod Ohm, Patrick Annett, Mike Richardson and Brock Allen.
Burial was in the Augusta Cemetery, Marietta, Minn.
Denise Amanda (Ohm) Fitzpatrick was born on Aug. 26, 1952, to Clarence and Elizabeth (Bud and Betty) Ohm. Denise passed away on Sept. 16, 2026, at the Madison Care Center. She was baptized at St John’s Lutheran Church in Marietta and in 1967 was confirmed. She attended Marietta High School and graduated in 1970. After High School, she attended Watertown Vocational Technical Institute for Radiologic Technologist. She worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Watertown, S.D., and at the hospital in Canby, Minn.
On Sept. 2, 1972, she married Lyndon Fitzpatrick at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Canby. They made their home in Marietta and lived there for their 54 years together. From this union, they had three children. Erin, Holly and Megan. And later, one grandson, Aiden.
Denise and Lyndon became co-owners of the Implement in Marietta creating F & N Tractor Repair where she did the accounting. In 1983 she went to work at the Marietta Nutrition Center and then moved to Madison where she was the head cook for Prairie 5 meals until she retired in 2017. She also spent many years working at the Marietta Legion helping with Thursday Night Suppers.
Denise a member of the St. John’s Lutheran Church, St. John’s Bible study group, the Legion Post 156 Auxiliary, the VFW Post 1656 Auxiliary, and the Moose Lodge in Ortonville. Throughout her life, she enjoyed crocheting and knitting. She really enjoyed making afghans and especially baby blankets for everyone she knew. Sewing, everything from doll clothes, to clothes for the kids growing up, to quilts. In her quiet times, she always had a book to read and one to trade with friends to get new ones. She liked spending time with friends and family, playing cards or bingo or just getting together for good conversation and laughter. With Denise, you were always met with a smile. She always made sure she had plenty of holiday cards on hand and would send them out to the kids, nieces and nephews and later her grandson and great-nieces and nephews. Spending time with Aiden, while watching him play sports or playing cards and board games, was her biggest treasure.
Denise is survived by her husband, Lyndon; daughters: Holly (Neal) DePestel of Minneota, and Megan Fitzpatrick of Crookston; grandson, Aiden DePestel; sister, Robin (Jamie) LaRoche of Big Stone; sisters-in-law: Joyce Ohm of Edina, and Sheryl (John) Annett of Watertown; many nieces and nephews, as well as many friends and family.
Denise was preceded by her parents: Bud and Betty Ohm; her son, Erin Fitzpatrick; brother, Jeff Ohm; parents-in-law: John and Margaret Fitzpatrick; brother-in-law, Shannon Fitzpatrick; and many other family and friends.
Arrangements by the Zahrbock Funeral Home, Madison.
Website: zahrbockfuneralhome.com