Jan. 19, 2009 - April 4, 2010MISHAWAKA - Vivian Faye FitzPatrick, 14 months old, of Mishawaka, IN, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2010, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, IN. She was born on January 19, 2009, in South Bend, IN. She is survived by her father, Christopher Kidd of Granger; her mother, Sueanna FitzPatrick of Mishawaka; one brother, Landon Kidd at home; maternal grandfather, Ron H. FitzPatrick of Mishawaka; maternal grandmother, Faye (Keith) Sheldon of Port Charlotte, FL; paternal grandmother, Carol Kidd of Muncie, IN; and maternal great-grandmother, Betty Ewing of South Bend. Also surviving are several aunts and uncles including Melissa Trainer of New Carlisle and Carmen FitzPatrick of Mishawaka; several cousins including Tyler and Trent Umbarger and Coley Nowak; and her godfather, Scott Ward of Mishawaka. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday, April 8, 2010, in the Palmer Funeral Home - River Park, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend. Pastor Dave Stauffer and Pastor Mike Cramer of New Life Baptist Church, Osceola, will officiate. Burial will follow at Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend, IN. Friends may visit with the family from 5:00 to 7:00 PM today in the funeral home. Contributions in memory of Vivian Faye FitzPatrick may be made to Palmer Funeral Home to help with the expense of a monument. Online condolences may be sent to www.palmerfuneralhomes.com. To All Parents - By Edgar Guest I'll lend you for a little time A child of Mine, He said, For you to love the while she lives And mourn when she is dead. It may be six or seven years or twenty-two or three, But will you, till I call her back, Take care of her for Me? She'll bring her charms to gladden you And should her stay be brief, You'll have her lovely memories As Solace for your grief. I cannot promise she will stay Since all from earth return, But there are lessons taught down there I want this child to learn. I've looked the wide world over In My search for teachers true, And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes I have selected you. Now will you give her all your love Nor think the labor vain, Nor hate Me when I come to call To take her back again? I fancied that I heard them say, "Dear Lord, Thy will be done. For all the joy Thy child shall bring The risk of grief we'll run. "We'll shelter her with tenderness, We'll love her while we may. And for the happiness we've known Forever grateful stay.