Family Group Sheet
NameHomer Omar Pettit, 2C2R
Birth9 Apr 1918, Upland, Madison Co., Indiana
Death14 Aug 2010, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana
FatherUlysses Grant Pettit (1879-1962)
MotherEmma Goldy (1893-1961)
Marriageabt 1934, Elkhart Co., Indiana
SpouseDelores Lucy Quick
Birthabt 1918, Michigan
Children
1 MHomer Pettit Jr., 3C1R
Birth28 Oct 1934, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana
Death6 Apr 1999, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill Co., Georgia
2 MDewayne C. Pettit , 3C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpousePeggy
3 MGerald “Jerry” Pettit , 3C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
4 FSharon Pettit, 3C1R
SpouseTim Hicks
5 FJudith Pettit, 3C1R
SpouseKen Copper
6 MRobert Pettit, 3C1R
SpousePam
Notes for Homer Omar Pettit
Homer O. Pettit enlisted in the U.S. Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, on 25 Feb 1944. Birth year 1918, residence Elkhart, Indiana, education grammar school, married, height and weight unspecified.
His obituary reported:
“Homer O. Pettit, 92 of Elkhart, Indiana was found Saturday Aug. 14 at his residence. He was born April 9, 1918 in Upland, Indiana to Grant and Emma Goldy Pettit. He married Delores Quick April 7, 1934 in South Bend, Indiana, she died in 1975.
Surviving are two daughters Sharon (Tim) Hicks of Elkhart, Judith (Ken) Copper of Florida, two sons DeWayne (Peggy) of Elkhart, Robert (Pam) of Goshen, 10 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, sisters Phyllis Swaggart of Hemmit, CA. Proceeded parents, wife, son Gerald, Homer Jr., sister Geneva Williams, brothers Benjamin Pettit, Warren Pettit, three half brothers Albert, Jess Pettit and Henry Hawkins.
Mr. Pettit owned and operated from 1954 to 1975 Pettit Plumbing and Sewer. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. There will be no services or calling hours. Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flower donations can be made to the Salvation Army of Elkhart.”
(The sister identified as Phylis Swaggart of Hemmit is probably just a misspelling of Swikert. It is unlikely Phyllis remarried to a second husband whose name was so similar to her first, and Hemmit is a misspelling of Hemet.)
His obituary reported:
“Homer O. Pettit, 92 of Elkhart, Indiana was found Saturday Aug. 14 at his residence. He was born April 9, 1918 in Upland, Indiana to Grant and Emma Goldy Pettit. He married Delores Quick April 7, 1934 in South Bend, Indiana, she died in 1975.
Surviving are two daughters Sharon (Tim) Hicks of Elkhart, Judith (Ken) Copper of Florida, two sons DeWayne (Peggy) of Elkhart, Robert (Pam) of Goshen, 10 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, sisters Phyllis Swaggart of Hemmit, CA. Proceeded parents, wife, son Gerald, Homer Jr., sister Geneva Williams, brothers Benjamin Pettit, Warren Pettit, three half brothers Albert, Jess Pettit and Henry Hawkins.
Mr. Pettit owned and operated from 1954 to 1975 Pettit Plumbing and Sewer. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. There will be no services or calling hours. Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flower donations can be made to the Salvation Army of Elkhart.”
(The sister identified as Phylis Swaggart of Hemmit is probably just a misspelling of Swikert. It is unlikely Phyllis remarried to a second husband whose name was so similar to her first, and Hemmit is a misspelling of Hemet.)
Census Notes for Homer Omar & Delores Lucy (Family)
1940 census of Elkhart Co., Indiana, Elkhart ED 20-25, lists on p. 62B as family #211, at 534 Garfield Ave:
Pettit, Homer, 22, b. Indiana, laborer on sidewalk project; Delores, wife, 22, b. Michigan; Homer, son, 5; DaWayne, son, 3; Jerry, son, 2. All children born in Indiana. Family living in same place in 1935.
Pettit, Homer, 22, b. Indiana, laborer on sidewalk project; Delores, wife, 22, b. Michigan; Homer, son, 5; DaWayne, son, 3; Jerry, son, 2. All children born in Indiana. Family living in same place in 1935.
