Margaret Pearle Fox Pettit, 100, of Mount Morris, Pa., died at 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in the home where she was born.
She was born Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1921, in Mount Morris, Pa., a daughter of the late Ray Fox and Bertha Headlee Fox.
Mrs. Pettit was a 63 member of the former Shannon Run Methodist Church. She was a former adult Sunday school teacher for 52 years and the former Program Chairperson for the United Methodist Women. When her health permitted she was a hospice volunteer.
She worked as a secretary for the Hazel Atlas Glass in Washington, Pa. and had also worked as a bookkeeper at Gimbel’s Department Store in Pittsburgh. She then worked as a secretary for West Virginia University, retiring in 1983 after 26 years for a total of 43 years in bookkeeping. She was a 1939 graduate of Mount Morris High School and Penn Commercial College in Washington, Pa. class of 1940-1941.
Her husband, William Silas Pettit Sr., whom she married on July 21, 1950, died Sept. 6, 2002.
Surviving are five step-grandchildren and several step-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her caregivers, Clara Lou and Bruce Eddy, of Core, and Dale and Jackie Patterson, of Mount Morris, Pa., as well as several other nieces, nephews and cousins. She was the last of her immediate family.
Deceased are one stepdaughter, one stepson and two brothers, Victor Patterson and Frank Fox.
Friends will be received in the Milliken and Throckmorton FH, Inc. Daryl L. Throckmorton Owner/Director,324 Mt. Morris Road, P.O. Box 478 Mt. Morris, PA 15349, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, March 13. Services will be conducted in the funeral home at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 14, with Pastors Joe Adams and Samson Samuels officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mount Morris, Pa.
Condolences:
www.milliken-throckmortonfh.com
