Funeral Service: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City
Interment: will be held at a later date in the
Cohagen Cemetery Margaret MayPetitt, age 98, of Cohagen passed away on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at the Holy Rosary Extended Care in Miles City.
May was born on May 9, 1909 in Elm, Oklahoma, one of nine children born to George Finley Michael and MarthaAdelene Shepherd. The family moved to California for a short time, the family home burned while there, the family then moved toCohagen to be near family. May began school in a little school known as the Greer School located on the Greer Ranch southeast of Jordan. The family stayed on the homestead until about 1917 when they returned to California. In 1923, they returned to the homestead at Cohagen. May was 14 years old at this time. She finished high school inCohagen. May married Morse Petitt in 1928 and they had four children. May was a housewife who raised a large garden and canned most of it for the winter. May worked as a seamstress making many of the clothes that her children wore. She also did sewing for the community. May enjoyed crocheting for many years. It would take her about a week to complete an afghan. May also made dolls, her most pleasing being a Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy pair. She had made well over 300 dolls.
May is survived by two sons: Michael EarlPetitt of Cohagen, MT; and Roy Allen Petitt of Miles City, MT; two daughters: Martha Ellen OMeara of Bozeman, MT; and Margaret AnnBolejack of Douglas, WY; seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, MorsePetitt; brothers: Joe Michael and Lester Michael; sisters: Darlene Coil, Thelma Isaac, Ethel Morton, Lena Rasmussen,Londa Gallager and GraceMcGury.
Visitation will be held on Monday, November 19, 2007 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will be held at a later date in theCohagen Cemetery. Condolences may be made to the family by visitingwww.stevensonandsons.com. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Cohagen Cemetery.
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Don O'Connor says
May was one of those genuine people I couldn’t help but like. That goes for Morse, Mike and Roy as well.
I knew them only briefly but it was enough to know they were among the best of the West.
From an Easterner who was never able to make it there.