Frances Amalia Pettit
August 18, 1914 ~ June 7, 2007
Frances Amalia Pettit, 92, of Holstein, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, died Thursday, June 7, 2007, at Morningside Care Center in Ida Grove, Iowa. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
Services were 11:30 a.m. Monday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Speidel, pastor of Westlawn Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Frances Amalia Pettit was born in Climbing Hill, Iowa, on Aug. 18, 1914. She was the first of eight children born to Frank and Dagmar (Hansen-Schiernbeck) Carpenter. She spent her early childhood in the Ida Grove and Holstein area. At the age of 12, she moved with her family to Sioux City, where she lived in the area known as the South Bottoms.
In May 1930, she married Clayton Moore. They had three daughters, Virginia "Pat," Frances "Dee Dee" and Dorothy, and three sons, Frank "Bubby," Theodore "Ted" and Ernest "Ernie." This union was dissolved in 1949.
In June 1950, she married Johnnie "John" Fletcher Pettit. She gave birth to twins, Sheldon and Sharon. With this union, she gained a stepdaughter, Marlene, and three stepsons, Monte, Dean and David, who she came to love as her own, and they also came to love her.
In the first part of her life, she worked at a variety of jobs that included a house painter and a meat cutter at Armour meat packers in Sioux City. In 1999, she moved back to Holstein, saying that it was good to be back in the country. In later years, she enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, playing bingo and penny slot machines.
Survivors include her daughters, Virginia Huot of Salix, Iowa, Frances (Tarquin) Cameron of Merrill, Iowa, Sharon Painter of Sioux City, and Marlene (Matt) Heavner of Pipe Creek, Texas; her sons, Frank (Agnes) Moore of Gaylord, Mich., Theodore (Marguerite) Moore of Salem, Ore., Ernest (Joyce) Moore of Des Moines, Monte (Beth) Pettit of Bellevue, Neb., Dean (Tita) Pettit of Racine, Wis., David Pettit of Blencoe, Iowa, and Sheldon (GerriAnn) Pettit of Battle Creek, Iowa; 46-plus grandchildren; 84-plus great-grandchildren; 13-plus great-great-grandchildren; and many more, who call her "mom" and "grandma" with love and respect. She is also survived by her close friend, Geneva Klaus of Ida Grove, and her oldest friend, Inez McDonnell of Pipe Creek, Texas, as well as a number of nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; both parents, Dagmar and Frank; her sisters, Ellen Marie Stone, Luale Marjorie Carpenter and Lucille Gloria Taylor; her brothers, Raymond "Bud" Carpenter, Ernest Frank Carpenter, Henry Jones Carpenter and Leland Edward Carpenter; a daughter, Dorothy Ann Mayo; a grandson, John Scism; a granddaughter, Christine Huot; and other grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Source: Sioux City Journal; June 10, 2007]
August 18, 1914 ~ June 7, 2007
Frances Amalia Pettit, 92, of Holstein, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, died Thursday, June 7, 2007, at Morningside Care Center in Ida Grove, Iowa. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
Services were 11:30 a.m. Monday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Speidel, pastor of Westlawn Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Frances Amalia Pettit was born in Climbing Hill, Iowa, on Aug. 18, 1914. She was the first of eight children born to Frank and Dagmar (Hansen-Schiernbeck) Carpenter. She spent her early childhood in the Ida Grove and Holstein area. At the age of 12, she moved with her family to Sioux City, where she lived in the area known as the South Bottoms.
In May 1930, she married Clayton Moore. They had three daughters, Virginia "Pat," Frances "Dee Dee" and Dorothy, and three sons, Frank "Bubby," Theodore "Ted" and Ernest "Ernie." This union was dissolved in 1949.
In June 1950, she married Johnnie "John" Fletcher Pettit. She gave birth to twins, Sheldon and Sharon. With this union, she gained a stepdaughter, Marlene, and three stepsons, Monte, Dean and David, who she came to love as her own, and they also came to love her.
In the first part of her life, she worked at a variety of jobs that included a house painter and a meat cutter at Armour meat packers in Sioux City. In 1999, she moved back to Holstein, saying that it was good to be back in the country. In later years, she enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, playing bingo and penny slot machines.
Survivors include her daughters, Virginia Huot of Salix, Iowa, Frances (Tarquin) Cameron of Merrill, Iowa, Sharon Painter of Sioux City, and Marlene (Matt) Heavner of Pipe Creek, Texas; her sons, Frank (Agnes) Moore of Gaylord, Mich., Theodore (Marguerite) Moore of Salem, Ore., Ernest (Joyce) Moore of Des Moines, Monte (Beth) Pettit of Bellevue, Neb., Dean (Tita) Pettit of Racine, Wis., David Pettit of Blencoe, Iowa, and Sheldon (GerriAnn) Pettit of Battle Creek, Iowa; 46-plus grandchildren; 84-plus great-grandchildren; 13-plus great-great-grandchildren; and many more, who call her "mom" and "grandma" with love and respect. She is also survived by her close friend, Geneva Klaus of Ida Grove, and her oldest friend, Inez McDonnell of Pipe Creek, Texas, as well as a number of nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; both parents, Dagmar and Frank; her sisters, Ellen Marie Stone, Luale Marjorie Carpenter and Lucille Gloria Taylor; her brothers, Raymond "Bud" Carpenter, Ernest Frank Carpenter, Henry Jones Carpenter and Leland Edward Carpenter; a daughter, Dorothy Ann Mayo; a grandson, John Scism; a granddaughter, Christine Huot; and other grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Source: Sioux City Journal; June 10, 2007]
Frances Amalia Pettit
August 18, 1914 ~ June 7, 2007
Frances Amalia Pettit, 92, of Holstein, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, died Thursday, June 7, 2007, at Morningside Care Center in Ida Grove, Iowa. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
Services were 11:30 a.m. Monday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Speidel, pastor of Westlawn Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Frances Amalia Pettit was born in Climbing Hill, Iowa, on Aug. 18, 1914. She was the first of eight children born to Frank and Dagmar (Hansen-Schiernbeck) Carpenter. She spent her early childhood in the Ida Grove and Holstein area. At the age of 12, she moved with her family to Sioux City, where she lived in the area known as the South Bottoms.
In May 1930, she married Clayton Moore. They had three daughters, Virginia "Pat," Frances "Dee Dee" and Dorothy, and three sons, Frank "Bubby," Theodore "Ted" and Ernest "Ernie." This union was dissolved in 1949.
In June 1950, she married Johnnie "John" Fletcher Pettit. She gave birth to twins, Sheldon and Sharon. With this union, she gained a stepdaughter, Marlene, and three stepsons, Monte, Dean and David, who she came to love as her own, and they also came to love her.
In the first part of her life, she worked at a variety of jobs that included a house painter and a meat cutter at Armour meat packers in Sioux City. In 1999, she moved back to Holstein, saying that it was good to be back in the country. In later years, she enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, playing bingo and penny slot machines.
Survivors include her daughters, Virginia Huot of Salix, Iowa, Frances (Tarquin) Cameron of Merrill, Iowa, Sharon Painter of Sioux City, and Marlene (Matt) Heavner of Pipe Creek, Texas; her sons, Frank (Agnes) Moore of Gaylord, Mich., Theodore (Marguerite) Moore of Salem, Ore., Ernest (Joyce) Moore of Des Moines, Monte (Beth) Pettit of Bellevue, Neb., Dean (Tita) Pettit of Racine, Wis., David Pettit of Blencoe, Iowa, and Sheldon (GerriAnn) Pettit of Battle Creek, Iowa; 46-plus grandchildren; 84-plus great-grandchildren; 13-plus great-great-grandchildren; and many more, who call her "mom" and "grandma" with love and respect. She is also survived by her close friend, Geneva Klaus of Ida Grove, and her oldest friend, Inez McDonnell of Pipe Creek, Texas, as well as a number of nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; both parents, Dagmar and Frank; her sisters, Ellen Marie Stone, Luale Marjorie Carpenter and Lucille Gloria Taylor; her brothers, Raymond "Bud" Carpenter, Ernest Frank Carpenter, Henry Jones Carpenter and Leland Edward Carpenter; a daughter, Dorothy Ann Mayo; a grandson, John Scism; a granddaughter, Christine Huot; and other grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Source: Sioux City Journal; June 10, 2007]
August 18, 1914 ~ June 7, 2007
Frances Amalia Pettit, 92, of Holstein, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, died Thursday, June 7, 2007, at Morningside Care Center in Ida Grove, Iowa. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
Services were 11:30 a.m. Monday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Speidel, pastor of Westlawn Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Frances Amalia Pettit was born in Climbing Hill, Iowa, on Aug. 18, 1914. She was the first of eight children born to Frank and Dagmar (Hansen-Schiernbeck) Carpenter. She spent her early childhood in the Ida Grove and Holstein area. At the age of 12, she moved with her family to Sioux City, where she lived in the area known as the South Bottoms.
In May 1930, she married Clayton Moore. They had three daughters, Virginia "Pat," Frances "Dee Dee" and Dorothy, and three sons, Frank "Bubby," Theodore "Ted" and Ernest "Ernie." This union was dissolved in 1949.
In June 1950, she married Johnnie "John" Fletcher Pettit. She gave birth to twins, Sheldon and Sharon. With this union, she gained a stepdaughter, Marlene, and three stepsons, Monte, Dean and David, who she came to love as her own, and they also came to love her.
In the first part of her life, she worked at a variety of jobs that included a house painter and a meat cutter at Armour meat packers in Sioux City. In 1999, she moved back to Holstein, saying that it was good to be back in the country. In later years, she enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, playing bingo and penny slot machines.
Survivors include her daughters, Virginia Huot of Salix, Iowa, Frances (Tarquin) Cameron of Merrill, Iowa, Sharon Painter of Sioux City, and Marlene (Matt) Heavner of Pipe Creek, Texas; her sons, Frank (Agnes) Moore of Gaylord, Mich., Theodore (Marguerite) Moore of Salem, Ore., Ernest (Joyce) Moore of Des Moines, Monte (Beth) Pettit of Bellevue, Neb., Dean (Tita) Pettit of Racine, Wis., David Pettit of Blencoe, Iowa, and Sheldon (GerriAnn) Pettit of Battle Creek, Iowa; 46-plus grandchildren; 84-plus great-grandchildren; 13-plus great-great-grandchildren; and many more, who call her "mom" and "grandma" with love and respect. She is also survived by her close friend, Geneva Klaus of Ida Grove, and her oldest friend, Inez McDonnell of Pipe Creek, Texas, as well as a number of nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; both parents, Dagmar and Frank; her sisters, Ellen Marie Stone, Luale Marjorie Carpenter and Lucille Gloria Taylor; her brothers, Raymond "Bud" Carpenter, Ernest Frank Carpenter, Henry Jones Carpenter and Leland Edward Carpenter; a daughter, Dorothy Ann Mayo; a grandson, John Scism; a granddaughter, Christine Huot; and other grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Source: Sioux City Journal; June 10, 2007]
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