Richard Allen Pettit, AKA “Roscoe”, “Rich”, “Amos” and “Mr. Wonderful” as Flo use to called him, the son of Woodrow “Puggy” and Margaret “Bett” (Householder) Pettit, was born April 20th, 1947, at St. Ann’s Hospital in Algona. Richard started kindergarten in Lone Rock and then Lone Rock, Fenton and Seneca consolidated into Sentral of Fenton, and he graduated from Sentral in 1947.
He worked on building elevators and then entered the U.S. Marine Corps April 27, 1966, some of the places he was in were Camp Lejeune, NC, Puerto Rico, and Viet Nam. While in Viet Nam he was awarded a Meritorious Mast. All circuits were in an operationally “down” status due to lack of power. It was Corporal Pettit’s outstanding professional knowledge skill, and untiring efforts that these circuits were brought back on the air.
He went out to California where his Uncle Dale and Aunt Marjorie (Pettit) Earing and their three kids lived. He Graduated from University of California, Davis, and worked in the vineyards. His boss was Andy and so they started calling them “AMOS” and Andy – that is where Amos came from.
When his mom was dying, He, and his brothers, Jake and Beeler all quit their jobs and came home and took care of her the last three months. Then, when his dad was sick, he was working at Weidenhoff as a welder (now Snap-On), Jake was working in Whittemore and Beeler came home later and they took care of Dad until the end too.
Roscoe returned to California until he was sick. He had been exposed to Agent Orange in Viet Nam. He paid the price and came back to Lone Rock area and helped Darby Gross with the farming.
He is survived by his brother, Bernard “Butch” Pettit and his wife Margie, from Good Year, AZ; his sister Gail “Susie” Person and her husband John of Lone Rock, and his sister Peggy Preston of Fenton. He is also survived by many nephews and nieces. He was especially close to Alan “Darby” and Sherry Gross, Gary “Sam” and Pam Schmidt, Dave and Marla Schmidt, Marcia Hanna; and his special cousins Rhonda Earing, Denise “Earing” Rich and her husband Marc.
He was Proceeded in death by his mom, Bett, and his dad, Puggy Pettit; his brothers, Jake and Beeler; his brother-in-law, Wayne Preston; two nephews, Barry Preston and Donald Pettit, his cousin and his best friend, Gene Hanna, and cousin Ken Earing.
A memorial service will military honors conducted, is planned for the summer of 2024.
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