SHELLSBURG: Woodrow "Woody" Pettit, Sr. age 94, died January 5, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St, in Vinton with Rev. Loel Fink officiating. Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday. A memorial fund has been established.
Woody was born October 14, 1913 at Esterville to Joseph T. and Rhoda Alice (Burkart) Pettit. On May 5, 1939 he married Helen Lint at Cedar Rapids and she preceded him in death on September 15, 2002.
Woody was employed at Iowa Steel & Iron Works in Cedar Rapids from 1943 until his retirement on November 1, 1978. He was a member of Harvest Four Square Gospel Church in Vinton and the International Association of Machinists. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and music and loved to play Dominoes and was an inventive problem solver.
He is survived by his sons, Ivan (Linda) of Shellsburg, and Joseph (Margo) of Cedar Rapids; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; his brother, Andrew (Hazel) of Cedar Rapids; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his son, Woodrow, Jr.; one granddaughter; one great-grandson; three brothers; and five sisters.
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Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St, in Vinton with Rev. Loel Fink officiating. Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday. A memorial fund has been established.
Woody was born October 14, 1913 at Esterville to Joseph T. and Rhoda Alice (Burkart) Pettit. On May 5, 1939 he married Helen Lint at Cedar Rapids and she preceded him in death on September 15, 2002.
Woody was employed at Iowa Steel & Iron Works in Cedar Rapids from 1943 until his retirement on November 1, 1978. He was a member of Harvest Four Square Gospel Church in Vinton and the International Association of Machinists. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and music and loved to play Dominoes and was an inventive problem solver.
He is survived by his sons, Ivan (Linda) of Shellsburg, and Joseph (Margo) of Cedar Rapids; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; his brother, Andrew (Hazel) of Cedar Rapids; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his son, Woodrow, Jr.; one granddaughter; one great-grandson; three brothers; and five sisters.
Philips Funeral home internet
SHELLSBURG: Woodrow "Woody" Pettit, Sr. age 94, died January 5, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St, in Vinton with Rev. Loel Fink officiating. Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday. A memorial fund has been established.
Woody was born October 14, 1913 at Esterville to Joseph T. and Rhoda Alice (Burkart) Pettit. On May 5, 1939 he married Helen Lint at Cedar Rapids and she preceded him in death on September 15, 2002.
Woody was employed at Iowa Steel & Iron Works in Cedar Rapids from 1943 until his retirement on November 1, 1978. He was a member of Harvest Four Square Gospel Church in Vinton and the International Association of Machinists. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and music and loved to play Dominoes and was an inventive problem solver.
He is survived by his sons, Ivan (Linda) of Shellsburg, and Joseph (Margo) of Cedar Rapids; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; his brother, Andrew (Hazel) of Cedar Rapids; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his son, Woodrow, Jr.; one granddaughter; one great-grandson; three brothers; and five sisters.
Philips Funeral home internet
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St, in Vinton with Rev. Loel Fink officiating. Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday. A memorial fund has been established.
Woody was born October 14, 1913 at Esterville to Joseph T. and Rhoda Alice (Burkart) Pettit. On May 5, 1939 he married Helen Lint at Cedar Rapids and she preceded him in death on September 15, 2002.
Woody was employed at Iowa Steel & Iron Works in Cedar Rapids from 1943 until his retirement on November 1, 1978. He was a member of Harvest Four Square Gospel Church in Vinton and the International Association of Machinists. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and music and loved to play Dominoes and was an inventive problem solver.
He is survived by his sons, Ivan (Linda) of Shellsburg, and Joseph (Margo) of Cedar Rapids; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; his brother, Andrew (Hazel) of Cedar Rapids; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his son, Woodrow, Jr.; one granddaughter; one great-grandson; three brothers; and five sisters.
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