Calhoun County MI Archives Obituaries.....Petts,  Donelda J. August 13, 2007
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Robin Ellis -- August 20, 2007, 12:03 pm

Battle Creek Enquirer
Donelda J. Petts, 80, of Battle Creek died Monday, August 13, 2007 at home. 
Donelda was in Bedford Township.
 She graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1944, she was one of 
the first female cheerleaders at Central. Donelda was employed at Percy Jones 
Hospital in the 1940s. She was a former member of the Urbandale UMC, attended 
Garrison Hills Wesleyan Church and while living in Arizona attended the First 
Baptist Church in Quartzite, Arizona. In all her churches she was a passionate 
Sunday school teacher. She enjoyed serving the Lord in every-way, she was an 
avid cook, collecting rocks with her husband on their many trips throughout the 
United States and collecting Native American Indian memorabilia and precious 
stones. During the 1980s they spent many winters in Quartzite, Arizona.
She was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Karen Petts in 2005.
At the request of the family, friends may call at the Farley-Estes & Dowdle 
Funeral Home on Thursday where they will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. 
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, August 17, 2007 at the funeral 
home with Pastor Rick Weesner of the Garrison Hills Wesleyan Church 
officiating. Interment will follow at Ft. Custer National Cemetery. Memorial 
contributions to the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association or the 
American Diabetes Association would be appreciated by the family. 

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