Leonard Pettit (2021)

COONEY, HANRAHAN, HARRISON, PETTIT, SCANDROLI, SHORT, WEAVER, WEAVER-RIPPERGER, WEIS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:03

Powers Funeral Home
Afton, Iowa

Leonard Pettit, 84, of Afton, died June 20, 2021, at the EveryStep Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at the St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Afton. Father Joseph Pins will officiate the service.

Burial will be at St. Edward’s Catholic Cemetery in Afton.

Open visitation will be from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. Tuesday with family receiving friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Powers Funeral Home in Afton with a rosary service at 7:00 p.m.

Memorials are to the St. Edward’s Catholic Cemetery or the Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston. Online condolences may be made at powersfh.com.

Leonard LeRoy Pettit, son of Lonnie L. and Lillian I. (Harrison) Pettit, was born on August 19, 1936, at his home in rural Madison County. He graduated from Creston High School with the class of 1955.

On February 23, 1957, Leonard was united in marriage to Regina Margaret Weis at the St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Afton. This union was blessed with eight children Tony, Doug, Deb, Jim, Randy, Sherri, Rick and Steve. Leonard was always busy on the farm whether it was raising cattle and hogs or making hay. Leonard owned and operated Pettit’s Meat Processing with his wife and family until retiring from the locker in 2001. Leonard’s greatest love was spending time with family on the farm. There was never a dull moment on the Pettit farm with a large family. He was always there to help on the farm and did so until his passing.

Leonard was a member of the St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Afton.

Leonard is survived by his wife Regina of Afton; his children, David (Sherry) Pettit of Afton and their children, Brenda, Brandon, Blake and Tyler; Douglas (Georgia) Pettit of Afton and their children, Allison and Erin; Deborah (Eric) Weaver-Ripperger of Afton and their children, Kyle, Cory, Morgan, Trenton and Breanna; James Pettit of Afton and his children, Casey and Carissa; Randall (Jan) Pettit of Afton and their children, Alex and Sara; Sharon (Randall) Cooney of Pleasant Hill and their children, Dakota and Spencer; and Richard (Jodie) Pettit of Audubon; 25 great-grandchildren; sisters, Lois (Fritz) Weis of Afton, Linda Hanrahan of Prole, Ia. and LaDonna (Mike) Short of Creston; brother, Lowell (Janet) Pettit of Creston; brother-in-law Harry Weis of Des Moines; sister-in-law Kate Weis of Council Bluffs; special friends, Jack Quee and Robert Moreland; along with many extended relatives and a host of friends.

Leonard was preceded in death by his parents, son Steven Pettit in 2000, great-grandson Matthew Weaver, son-in-law Bruce Weaver, sisters-in-law, Joann Weis and Francis (Angelo) Scandroli, and brothers-in-law Donald (Anna) Weis, Jack Hanrahan, Ed Weis and Pete (Ava Jean) Weis.