Margaret Frances Newman and Phillip Jesse Pettit

PHILLIP JESSE PETTIT, son of HELEN E. EISERT and JESSE HOWARD PETTIT, was born April 2, 1917 in Everton, Dade, Missouri,⁴⁵³² and died December 11, 1993.⁴⁵³² He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

He married MARGARET FRANCES NEWMAN on October 23, 1940 in Brookfield, Linn, Missouri.⁹⁴⁰ She was born August 2, 1920 in Brookfield, Linn, Missouri,⁴⁵³² and died June 2, 1993 in Chillicothe, Ross, Missouri.^{4532, 8197} She is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Timothy Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Phillip J. Pettit)

Personal Information

• Margaret Frances Newman and Phillip Jesse Pettit owned and operated Pettit's Paint and Wallpaper in Chillicothe.⁸¹⁹⁷

• Phillip Jesse Pettit and Margaret Frances Newman were members of the United Methodist Church, Chillicothe, Ross, Missouri. ^{8197, 8198}

Margaret F. Newman

• was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star⁸¹⁹⁷

Phillip J. Pettit

• was a member of the Chillicothe Lodge #89, Freemasons⁸¹⁹⁸
• was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America⁸¹⁹⁸

Education

Obituaries

St. Joseph News-Press, June 3, 1993⁸¹⁹⁷

Margaret F. Pettit

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — Margaret Frances (Newman) Pettit, 72, Chillicothe, died Wednesday, June 2, 1993, at her home.

Born in Brookfield, Mo., Mrs. Pettit had lived in Kansas City prior to moving to Chillicothe in 1945.

She and her husband, Philip, owned and operated Pettit's Paint and Wallpaper in Chillicothe.

Mrs. Pettit attended school in St. Catharine, Mo., and was graduated from the Brookfield high school. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women of the church and Busy Belle's Extension Club, all of Chillicothe. And she was a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star at Chillicothe.

In 1940, shes married Phillip J. Pettit at Brookfield. He survives of the home.

Mrs. Pettit was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Newman; and a sister, Marie A. Newman.

Additional survivors: a sister, Dorothy Cray of Arvada, Colo.

Service: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, at the United Methodist Church, Chillicothe. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield. Visitation: after 9 a.m. Friday, at the Norman-Wagy-Singer-Gordon Funeral Home, Chillicothe, where the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday.

St. Joseph News-Press, December 13, 1993⁸¹⁹⁸

Phillip J. Pettit

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — Phillip J. Pettit, 76, Chillicothe, died Saturday, Dec. 11. 1993, at a hospital.

Born in Everton, he moved to Chillicothe from Kansas City in 1945.

Mr. Pettit was graduated from Bucklin High School and attended Central Methodist College in Fayette.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Chillicothe; the Masonic Lodge No. 89 of Chillicothe; the Modern Woodmen Association; and the Chillicothe YMCA.

In 1940, he married Margaret Newman at Brookfield. She died in June.

Mr. Pettit also was preceded in death by a brother; and a sister.

Surviving: a niece, Janet Pettit Parkes of Teschumseh, Mich.; and two nephews, Gary of Redmond, Wash., and Bruce of Brookfield.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Chillicothe United Methodist Church. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield. Visitation: after 11 a.m. Tuesday, at the Norman-Wagy-Gordon Funeral Home, Chillicothe, where the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 23, 19308199	Bucklin, Linn, Missouri	Jesse Howard Pettit Helen E. Eisert Mildred Evelyn Pettit Phillip Jesse Pettit Margaret Frances Newman
April 8, 19408200	Bucklin, Linn, Missouri	Jesse Howard Pettit Helen E. Eisert Mildred Evelyn Pettit Phillip Jesse Pettit Margaret Frances Newman