Ellen Ruth Pettit's Obituary
Ellen Ruth Pettit, 95, of Bolingbrook, IL died on Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Community Nursing Center in Naperville, IL.
Funeral services celebrating Ruth’s life will be 10:00 am Monday, March 21, 2011 in Oak Lawn Bible Church. Visitation will be 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sunday in the church. Burial will be 1:30 pm Monday in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery at Elwood, Illinois. Memorial gifts are suggested to the Oak Lawn Bible Church or Samaritan Purse Children’s Heart Project.
Ruth was born on June 11, 1916 in Niles, MI the daughter of Harry Emerson and Helen Rose Daniels Cossiboon. She married Raymond Edwin Pettit Sr. on August 23, 1946 in Chicago. He Preceded her in death on August 30, 2007
Surviving are her daughters, Barbara Vander Giessen and husband Marvin of Aurora, IL; Linda Murphy and husband Patrick of Orlando, FL; sons, James Milham and wife Clydia of Alsip, IL; William Pettit Sr. and wife Rhonda of New Lenox, IL; Raymond Pettit Jr. and wife Joan of Hammond, IN; one sister, Peggy Gass of Signal Mountain, TN; 23 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, Thomas Pettit, one sister, Ethel, one brother, Irvin, and one grandson.
The family of Ellen Ruth Pettit is being served by Moran & Goebel Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2801 N. Monroe Street, Decatur, IL.
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