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Kris Wheeler-Dabbs
trixbun@shaw.ca

Obituary and Death Certificate for:

She is buried in the Bethel Cemetery. 

Elizabeth Crawford (Sheaffer, Flummer, Pettit)

Obituary - Kalispell Daily Interlake

Mrs. Libbie Crawford Pettit, wife of C.E. Pettit, died at her home on the west Shore 
of Flathead Lake, Monday night, April 30th.  Mrs. Pettit had suffered for the last 
two years from malignant cancer, which caused her death.  She spent much of that 
time at different hospitals seeking relief from the dread disease, and made a cheerful, 
but almost hopeless struggle against it.  The funeral occurred at Brocken Wednesday 
afternoon.

Mrs. Pettit was born at Abingdon, Illinois, May 12th, 1852 and was educated at Hedding 
College at that place.  She adopted the profession of teaching, which she followed for 22 years.  
Teaching in her native state, and at Washington, Kansas, where she taught in the city 
high school for six years.  She was eminently successful as a teacher, and had the love 
and respect of her pupils and associates.  She was married to C.E. Pettit in 1893 at Munson, 
Illinois, and in the following year came with her husband to the Flathead where they have 
since made their home.

Mrs. Pettit never was identified with any church organization, but she was zealous and 
active in all church work and in all matters for the cause of education.  She was sympathetic 
and loving by nature and no needy person was ever turned from her door.

She leaves two children, Mrs. Clare Shreve, of San Francisco, and Roy A. Shafer of Rosidal, 
New Mexico.  Mrs. Shafer, the son's wife has been at the mother's bedside for the past two 
months.

Mrs. Pettit was one of the best known women in the Flathead, and her kindly and sympathetic 
nature gained her a large circle of friends who mourn with the family in their loss.


Death Certificate:

Certificate of Death:

Name of Decedent:			Libbie Crawford Pettit
Date of Death:				April 30, 1900
Occupation:				Housekeeper
Age:					48 years
Term of Residence in City or County:	6 years
Birthplace:				Abingdon, Illinois May 12, 1852
Married or Single:			Married
Widow or widower:			Blank
Sex:					Female
Race: 					American	
Color:					White
Last Place of Residence:		Flathead Lake, Flathead County
Cause of Death:				Cancer
Date of Burial:				May 2nd 1900
Reported by:				J.W. Falls		
Official Position:			Preacher
Remarks:				Blank