Kent A. Pettingill

BURLEY – Kent Abram Pettingill, age 91, of Burley, and formerly of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and Fairbanks, Alaska, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Highland Estates in Burley.

Kent was born on Nov. 16, 1924, in Elba, Idaho, to Abram and Elva Parish Pettingill. Kent graduated from Elba High School along with his brothers Redge and Fred Pettingill. As boys they were a close family who helped around the house and each other. Kent was a very likable man with a soft spoken manner about him. Everyone loved his kind personality.

Kent served in the Army Air Force during WWII, for four years as a Radio Operator. He was honorably discharged after his time of duty. He went on to be a successful Carpenter and was a part of Northern Alaska Carpenters Union in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he lived with his wife Eula Pettingill for many years. Later on Kent and Eula moved to Discovery Harbor on the south end of the Hawaii Island. Kent lived on the 9th hole of the golf course and was an avid golfer.

Other hobbies included: building furniture, RVing, and Square dancing.

Kent was preceded in death by his wife, Eula Pettingill; one brother, Fred Pettingill; and two sisters-in-law, Betty Pettingill and Marjorie Pettingill.

He is survived by his brother, Redge Pettingill; step-sons, Charles Beck and Eugene Lake; and many nieces and nephews in Burley, Idaho and the surrounding area and also in Cordova, Alaska.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016, at the Grandview Cemetery in Elba, with military rites provided by the Mini-Cassia Veterans Organization.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley.