Frank Alan Pettie Jr.

PETTIT FRANZEN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 10/13/2010 at 19:37:15

History of Woodbury County, Iowa 1984

Frank Allan Pettit, Jr.
By Lani Pettit, daughter

A native and life-long resident of Sioux City, Frank Allan Pettit, Jr., is better known to everyone as ‘Al’. He was born February 20, 1912, in the family’s home at 4113 Davis in Morningside. He was the first of four children born to Daisie and Frank Pettit.

Al worked a while at the Sioux City Stockyards, but Tolerton & Warfield was his place of work form 1928-1973. AL taught ballroom dancing, too, in the 1960’s.

In 1936, Al’s appendectomy turned out to be one of the most important events of his life, because it was there that he met his ‘honey’, Emma Mary Franzen. Mary was Al’s favorite nurse, and it seemed to be love at first sight. On November 10, 1938, they were married at Morningside Presbyterian Church. Now, after 45 years together, the two are still happy and holding hands!

The Pettit children came along on February 10, 1945 and March 4, 1947. They are Alana Susan ‘Lani’ and Julie Jeanne, respectively. The family home has been 3412 Old Lakeport Road since 1940.

Al is a man of wide interests, mostly dealing with the great out-of-doors. He, like his father, is a hunter and fisherman. Since retirement he has had more time for hiking and snowshoeing. He is also interested in collecting shotgun shells, barbed wire, old grocery products and mounted ducks and geese from his hunting ventures.

A third generation Pettit in baseball. Al has been pitching for the Morningside Presbyterian Church softball team in recent years. Playing ball at 70 is amazing to some, but not to Al, whose own mother lived a very active hundred years. In earlier years, Al was active in basketball as well.

Al Pettit has been a life-long member of Morningside Presbyterian Church. He is a good and honest man, who has always worked hard and is loved by those who know him.