Evan Patrick Fitzgibbon

Evan Patrick Fitzgibbon, 23, of Windermere, Florida, went to be with our Heavenly Father on Tuesday, August 9th, 2022. Evan was born November 10th, 1998, in Orlando, Florida, to John Patrick Fitzgibbon and Cynthia Renee Waller Fitzgibbon. He grew up with his older sister, Sophia Grace Fitzgibbon, in our current community of Windermere, FL. He attended his elementary and middle school years at Family Christian School and his high school years at Foundation Academy, where he first met the love of his life, Anna Judith Fabry. Evan proposed to Anna on April 16th, 2022, and they were waiting to set a wedding date once Evan completed Ranger School.

Ever since Evan was a young boy, starting at Family Christian School, he always dreamed of being a soldier for our great country; he aspired to attend West Point, United States Military Academy, and go to Ranger School to be the best leader he could be. God opened that door for him on May 22nd, 2021. Evan Patrick Fitzgibbon graduated West Point, United States Military Academy, as 2LT, with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Evan branched Infantry and upon graduation, he was stationed at Fort Benning to complete training, including Stryker Leader Course and IBOLC. Evan was the Company commander of his Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course. He began Ranger School on June 19th, 2022 with passion and excitement, as this was what he desired to do all his young life. Posthumously, Evan has been promoted to First Lieutenant and recognized as a Graduate of the prestigious United States Army Ranger school. We never imagined all of his dreams being accomplished in this way, but one of Evan’s favorite scriptures is a testimony to this; Proverbs 21:31 says, “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.”

Evan loved people deeply and lived life fully in his 23 years here on earth. He devoted much of his young life to his military aspirations in serving his country, but he also had many passions, talents, and gifts. He loved football, Civil Air Patrol, hunting, fishing, and music. Evan was a musician at heart and left us with many songs he created that we will forever treasure. Evan brought such joy to people in such a personal way and he will be dearly missed by all. Evan’s fun loving nature and sense of humor, his strong faith and love for God, his deep love of people, family, and friends, and his passion and dedication in serving his country will not be forgotten. Evan is survived by the love of his life, Anna Judith Fabry, his mother and father, John and Cynthia Fitzgibbon, his sister, Sophia Fitzgibbon Reyes, his brother in law, Alberto Reyes, their daughters, his paternal grandmother Dianne Fitzgibbon, and maternal grandparents, Joseph and Norma Waller, along with many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. As we all mourn the loss of Evan here on earth, we don’t mourn without our hope in the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:38-39 says, “ For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

We will be having several services to honor Evan on Saturday, August 27th, 2022.

Please join us for the following:

• Woodlawn Cemetery at 9:30 am for Evan’s graveside military honors ceremony

• Mosaic Church (following Woodlawn) Doors open at 10:30 am and the Church Service begins at 11:30am. Livestream can be viewed at this link: thisismosaic.org/specialevent

• Following Mosaic we will have a casual celebration of life luncheon at Windermere Town Hall

Addresses of events:

Woodlawn Memorial Park

400 Woodlawn Cemetery Rd.

Gotha, FL 34734

Mosaic Church

14175 W. Colonial Dr.

WInter Garden, FL 34787

Windermere Town Hall

520 Main St.

Windermere, FL 34786

In honor of Evan’s life and to carry on his legacy of Duty, Honor, Country, we have prayerfully chosen some ministries and associations representing his life passions. We ask in lieu of flowers to please consider donating to one of the following:

• Wind River Ranch

EVAN WAS A WARRIOR AND A WARRIOR FOR CHRIST. Evan and his family loved serving at Wind River Ranch. Wind River Ranch is a Christian family dude ranch in Estes Park, Colorado that focuses on family ministry and helping families draw closer to each other and closer to God. Over the years, Evan and his family have served and supported the ministry and ministry to injured veterans at Wind River Ranch. The Fitzgibbon’s family would love to invite you to give a gift in memory of Evan that will be used to fully scholarship injured veterans and their families and also scholarship gold star families to come experience a special Healing Warriors week at Wind River Ranch. https://give.ministrylinq.com/App/Form/0580eb20-4b37-4e3e-b1b7-316663cb5ee2

•The American Legion Winter Garden Post 63

The American Legion Winter Garden Post 63 is a local veteran service organization founded in 1920. Their mission is “To enhance the well-being of America's veterans, their families, our military, and our communities by our devotion to mutual helpfulness."

To give, text HonorEvan to 41-444 or go to their website www.legionflpost63.org/c22 and hit the donate button