OBIT: Arthur M. PETTITT, 1980, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  PETTITT
  
  Arthur M. Pettitt of Ridgway, Pa., died in Elk County General
  Hospital May 29, 1980, after an illness of one month.  Born Sept. 18,
  1891, in Fairfax, Va., a son of the late Henry and Cora (Pepper)
  Pettitt.  He was employed as a signalman, having retired from the
  Pennsylvania Railroad.  Member of the Trinity United Methodist Church,
  he is survived by five children: Mrs. Harry (Mae) Streich, Cheshire,
  Conn.; Mrs. Fred (Cora) Huston, Morristown, N.J.; Mrs. John (Mabel)
  Yonker of Ridgway; Henry Pettitt of Somerset; and Arthur D. Pettitt,
  Gautier, Miss.; 16 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
  Preceded in death by wife, Jennie, in 1965.  Funeral services will be
  held at 2 p.m. Saturday, the Rev. Merritt W. Edder officiating.
  Interment will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery.  Funeral will be held at
  the Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, where friends will be received on
  Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
  
  Daily American, May 30, 1980
  
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