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Amy Lynn Pettyjohn
May 06, 1975 - January 05, 2010
Beacon, Iowa
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| Visitation: Will begin at 10:00 a.m, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel; the family will be at the funeral chapel from noon to 3:00 p.m. Sunday to greet visitors. |
| Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010 at First Assembly of God in Oskaloosa with Pastor Alvern Boetsma of the Good News Chapel and Reverend Michael Dotson of the Assembly of God officiating. |
Interment: Highland Cemetery near Eddyville
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Amy passed away suddenly at the Univeristy of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, She was 34 years, 7 months and 30 days of age. Memorials may be made in her name.
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Amy Lynn Hughes Pettyjohn, daughter of Howard and Bettie Thomas Hughes, was born May 6, 1975 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She attended Oskaloosa schools and was a 1993 graduate of Oskaloosa High School. She married Larry Pettyjohn on July 24, 1998; they made their home in Beacon. Through the years Amy worked several jobs including: Dairy Queen, Breadeaux Pizza, Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, Big Ed’s Barbeque and Pella Plastics. She furthered her education at Indian Hills Community College and graduated in 2005 as a registered nurse. She started her nursing career at the Knoxville Hospital; most recently she assisted as a substitute nurse at the Oskaloosa Elementary School and worked part-time for Dr. Dennis-Smithart. Amy was excited to have completed training for tax preparation and was ready to begin employment at H & R Block.
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Amy loved spending time with her nieces and nephews and was willing to help anytime her sisters needed her. She had a love for John Deere Tractors and Mickey Mouse. Amy dreamed of owning a horse from the time she was very little and was excited to have her dream come true when they added Cinnamon to the family. She enjoyed fishing, riding four-wheelers and camping down at her cabin on the river. Her other favorite pastimes included scratch-off tickets and going to the casino with her Grandma Thomas. Family was always the most important thing in Amy’s life; her children were her entire world.
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Her family includes her husband Larry of Beacon; her children: Morgan, Awstin and Shelbie; her mother and dad, Bill and Bettie Brendlinger of Iowa City; her father-in-law, Larry Pettyjohn of Hamilton, Iowa; five sisters: Jodie Keasling and Anne Schimke of Ainsworth, Laura Hughes & Chris Mickels of Fairfield; Randi Jo & Denny O’Leary of Ottumwa and Carrie Vander Ecken of Oskaloosa; her nieces and nephews: Ashlie and Tara Keasling, Micayla & Brayden Wald, Seth, Gabe & Kaidyn Mickels, and Brinden & Taryn O’Leary; grandparents: Joyce Thomas of Beacon and Bill & Phyllis Hughes of Eddyville and her uncles: Rich Thomas and Jim, Paul & Phil Hughes; as well as many more family and friends.
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Besides her father, Howard Hughes, Amy was preceded in death by her grandparents: Dick Thomas and Bill and Jody Brendlinger; her mother-in-law, Karen Pettyjohn and her cousins: Danny Thomas, Jackie Hughes, Mike Evans and Angel VerPloegh.
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