Veteran U.S. Army
World War II
Mr. Pettit was born to parents Francis Gordon Pettit and Elsie Ruth Morgan. Dick joined the Army immediately after Pearl Harbor, with the understanding that he’d be in an Army band for the duration. He was only in the band for a few months before they changed his assignment to the Signal Corps, where he drove logging trucks and strung telephone wire in New Guinea. After the war, he continued to play trombone with the Ike Carpenter Jazz Band from 1945-1946, where he met his future bride, Carmen Lee Diane, the lead singer in the band. The two were married on April 20, 1946 in Niles, CA and had two children, Elsie and Lisa.
While raising his children, Dick lived all over the Los Angeles area. He settled in Ojai, CA to live and work until he passed away in 1981 from a brain aneurysm. He is survived by his daughters Elsie and Lisa , and granddaughter Lisa.
World War II
Mr. Pettit was born to parents Francis Gordon Pettit and Elsie Ruth Morgan. Dick joined the Army immediately after Pearl Harbor, with the understanding that he’d be in an Army band for the duration. He was only in the band for a few months before they changed his assignment to the Signal Corps, where he drove logging trucks and strung telephone wire in New Guinea. After the war, he continued to play trombone with the Ike Carpenter Jazz Band from 1945-1946, where he met his future bride, Carmen Lee Diane, the lead singer in the band. The two were married on April 20, 1946 in Niles, CA and had two children, Elsie and Lisa.
While raising his children, Dick lived all over the Los Angeles area. He settled in Ojai, CA to live and work until he passed away in 1981 from a brain aneurysm. He is survived by his daughters Elsie and Lisa , and granddaughter Lisa.
Veteran U.S. Army
World War II
Mr. Pettit was born to parents Francis Gordon Pettit and Elsie Ruth Morgan. Dick joined the Army immediately after Pearl Harbor, with the understanding that he’d be in an Army band for the duration. He was only in the band for a few months before they changed his assignment to the Signal Corps, where he drove logging trucks and strung telephone wire in New Guinea. After the war, he continued to play trombone with the Ike Carpenter Jazz Band from 1945-1946, where he met his future bride, Carmen Lee Diane, the lead singer in the band. The two were married on April 20, 1946 in Niles, CA and had two children, Elsie and Lisa.
While raising his children, Dick lived all over the Los Angeles area. He settled in Ojai, CA to live and work until he passed away in 1981 from a brain aneurysm. He is survived by his daughters Elsie and Lisa , and granddaughter Lisa.
World War II
Mr. Pettit was born to parents Francis Gordon Pettit and Elsie Ruth Morgan. Dick joined the Army immediately after Pearl Harbor, with the understanding that he’d be in an Army band for the duration. He was only in the band for a few months before they changed his assignment to the Signal Corps, where he drove logging trucks and strung telephone wire in New Guinea. After the war, he continued to play trombone with the Ike Carpenter Jazz Band from 1945-1946, where he met his future bride, Carmen Lee Diane, the lead singer in the band. The two were married on April 20, 1946 in Niles, CA and had two children, Elsie and Lisa.
While raising his children, Dick lived all over the Los Angeles area. He settled in Ojai, CA to live and work until he passed away in 1981 from a brain aneurysm. He is survived by his daughters Elsie and Lisa , and granddaughter Lisa.
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