Date: After December 27, 2002 (Ancestry did not give newspaper date) Dominion Post Morgantown, West Virginia Matthew Don *Fitzwater*, of Fairmont, died on Dec. 27, 2002, in Fairmont after suffering from severe depression. He was born in Fairmont on July 9, 1972, a son of Don G. *Fitzwater* of Fairmont and Sylvia Hulderman Edwards, of Ohio. He attended West Fairmont High School and Fork Union Military Academy, a private college preparatory school. He not only excelled academically but also athletically, participating in varsity basketball, varsity tennis and cross country. He was a member of the Regimental Color Guard Battalion Staff and graduated with honors on June 1, 1991. Matthew attended Fairmont State College, majoring in aviation and general studies and continued his formal education in aviation at Piedmont Aviation, Morgantown; Tri-State Helicopters, Washington, Pa.; Flight Safety Training Academy, Fort Worth Texas; Heliflight Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Airline Transport Professionals, Jacksonville, Fla.; and Bill Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. He was a certified commercial pilot and flight instructor, a member of the National Ski Patrol, Snowshoe, and a certified scuba diver instructor. As a pilot of both airplanes and helicopters, he had been employed by HealthNet, Morgantown; LJ Associates, Latrobe, Pa.; PHI Inc., Lafayette, La.; and Temsco Inc., Juneau, Alaska. He was a former flight instructor employed by Airburst Helicopters, Elizabeth, Pa. Matthew was a loving husband, father, son and brother. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Tim and Heather *Fitzwater*, of Fairmont; maternal grandmother, Olive Jane Hulderman, of Idamay; paternal grandmother, Missouri *Fitzwater*, of Worthington; a loving mother-in-law, Linda Pollastrini; father-in-law, Allen Pollastrini and his wife, Judy; loving aunts and uncles, Raymond "Bugs" and Lorraine Hulderman, Don and Joan Pitman, Tom Hulderman, Keith and Toni *Fitzwater*, Kenneth *Fitzwater*, Larry and Brenda *Fitzwater* and Karen Pausch; a niece, Chandler Morgan *Fitzwater*; a nephew, Sterling Grant *Fitzwater*; brother-in-law, Allen Pollastrini II, and his wife, Amber, and many caring cousins. He was preceded in death by his wife, Andrea Pollastrini *Fitzwater*; his daughter, Lauren Ashley *Fitzwater*; maternal grandfather, Raymond Hulderman, and paternal grandfather, Otmer *Fitzwater*. Friends may call at Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant St., Fairmont, on Thursday from 1-2 p.m. with funeral services at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2, with the Rev. Darrin Alkire and the Rev. Stan Lambert officiating. Burial will follow at Shinnst on Masonic Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Fairmont Catholic Grade School, 416A Madison St., Fairmont, WV 26554.