Petty, Merrill Freeman (1920-2005)

PETTY, FREEMAN, BILLS

Posted By: John Schulte (email)
Date: 5/10/2005 at 09:53:34

Services for Merrill Freeman Petty, 84, were conducted May 2, at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, with Rev. Dick Krambeck officiating. Interment of the cremains will be at the Southlawn Cemetery at a later date.

Merrill Petty, the son of Albert Freeman and Madeline Bills Petty was born Nov. 13, 1920, in Audubon County and died April 28, 2005, at the Exira Care Center in Exira.

Merrill was married to Mary Ann Petty on April 11, 1953. He was employed for I.E. Power for 30 years, retiring in 1982. He enlisted in the Army in Audubon, serving in WWII and was a member of the AMVETS.

Preceding him in death were his wife, Mary Ann Petty; daughter, Connie Marshall; grandson, Nathan Hunter; brother, George; sister, Myrtle Mae Hoepner; his parents, Albert and Madeline Petty.

Merrill is survived by three children: June Andersen, Anna Lummus and husband, Larry and Mel Petty; grandchildren: Phil Hunter, Hans and Stewart Andersen, Nickolaus Petty, April Lummus, Jeb, Kelly, Meredith, Marshall and Dalton Petty; six great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters: Hazel Weston; Cora Travis and husband, Marlin; Annebelle Chamberlain and husband, Ralph, Charles Petty and wife, Dorothy and many nieces and nephews.