Rosemary Fitzmaurice Waldron Tucker

Rosemary Fitzmaurice Waldron Tucker died April 22, 2020, three weeks after her 93rd birthday at Chester County Hospital.

Her life began weeks before the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, and she died of complications from the global pandemic facilitated by air travel.

She was born and raised in the Overbrook section on the western boundary of Philadelphia, where she attended her parish elementary school and West Catholic Girls High School. When she graduated from Immaculata College in 1949 with a degree in chemistry, she was the first in her family to do so. She worked her way through college, including work as a waitress during college summers in Ocean City, NJ.

Upon graduation she was employed at Wyeth Laboratories. Rosemary moved to West Chester PA in 1951 following marriage to her first husband, Ray Waldron, Jr. She was a devoted wife and partner to Mr. Waldron, a realtor in Chester County, who died in 1987.

Rosemary was a founding member of the Chester County Hospital Auxiliary May Festival and she devoted countless hours to its success, as well as three decades as a volunteer at the Hospital. She was honored by the Family Service of Chester County at the time of her retirement from their board of directors.

Mrs. Tucker is survived by three sisters, Peggy Kell of Oakdale MN, Connie Ford and Jeanne Ward, both of West Chester, PA and her brother Ed Fitzmaurice of Barnegat Lighthouse NJ. She was the mother of five children, of whom four survive her: R. Anthony Waldron of Hawley, PA, Peter Waldron of Charlottesville, VA, Mark Waldron of Berwyn, PA and Gerard Waldron of Great Falls VA. A daughter, Mary Louise Hagerty, predeceased her. In addition, she is survived by ten grandchildren and a great grandchild. Her second husband, Edward Tucker, whom she married in 1992, died in 2007.

Relatives and friends are invited to her Visitation on August 13, 2021 from 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM at SS. Peter and Paul Church, 1362 Boot Road, West Chester, PA 19380 followed by her Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM.

Interment will be in St. Agnes Cemetery West Chester, PA.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Chester County Hospital or to the Chester County Community Foundation will be appreciated.

Arrangements by DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, Inc. of West Chester, PA 610-696-1181; www.DellaFH.com