Warren Fitzgibbon Financial Analyst, Collector
Warren Fitzgibbon, 43, a financial market analyst who collected baseball memorabilia and other items, died March 4 of a brain tumor at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He lived in Alexandria.
From 1990 until his death, Mr. Fitzgibbon was a market analyst for Fannie Mae, the Washington home-loan corporation. He helped develop ways of analyzing market value and was instrumental in publishing the company's fair value balance sheets. He also improved internal systems for analyzing market data.
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He worked as a financial analyst with Freddie Mac, a lending corporation for home ownership, from 1987 to 1990.
In addition to his work in finance, Mr. Fitzgibbon was an ardent sports fan who had attended games in every Major League Baseball stadium in the country and who had acquired a large collection of baseball memorabilia. In 2000, he bought the manager's lineup card from the game on Sept. 6, 1995, in which Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles played in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking the record.
"I spent my life savings," he said at the time, noting that he paid more than $40,000 for the lineup card, filled out by Orioles manager Phil Regan, as well the lineup card for the preceding game and other items. Mr. Fitzgibbon put the card on display at the Ripken Museum in Aberdeen, Md.
Mr. Fitzgibbon was born in Stuttgart, Ark., and attended high school in Memphis. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in business administration, receiving several academic awards. He worked in the office of Sen. David Pryor (D-Ark.) as a student. He also became a certified public accountant while at Georgetown.
Mr. Fitzgibbon received a master's of business administration, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Chicago in 1987.
In addition to sports memorabilia, Mr. Fitzgibbon had a collection of White House Christmas cards dating to 1910.
Survivors include his parents, Simone and Roderick Fitzgibbon of Alexandria.
Gloria C. Vandendriessche Church Member
Gloria Colabrese Vandendriessche, 82, a longtime Wheaton resident and church member, died March 23 at Casey House hospice in Rockville. She had Alzheimer's disease.
Mrs. Vandendriessche was born in Thomas, W.Va., one of nine brothers and sisters. She came to Washington in 1939, studied at Strayer University and was a secretary at the War Production Board during World War II.
She enjoyed bowling and was a member of St. Catherine Labouré Catholic Church in Wheaton.
She also was a skilled egg decorator, who elaborately decorated hollowed eggs inside and out.
Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Marcel Vandendriessche of Wheaton; two children, Alan Vandendriessche of Annapolis and Karen Brody of Rockville; four sisters; and six grandchildren.
