This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Pathtel, Cottrill Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/251 Message Board Post: 13 May 2005 The Clarksburg Exponent/Telegram Clarksburg, West Virginia CLARKSBURG -- Mr. Kenneth Jeffrey Pethtel, age 56, of 14 Elizabeth Street, Salem, WV, died at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at the United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, WV, following an extended illness. He was born September 8, 1948, a son of the late Edward James Pethtel and Geraldine Fitzwater Pethtel. His wife, Nancy Louis McCauley Pethtel, whom he married July 15, 1978, preceded him in death on June 10, 2004. Surviving are two sons and a daughter-in-law, John J. and Tabatha Pethtel, Denver, Colorado and Kenneth Jeffrey Pethtel, Salem, WV; one daughter and son-in-law, Sheila B. and Mike Cottrill, Wolf Summit, WV; one sister, Elizabeth Lynne Pethtel, Medford, OR.; two grandchildren, Jeffrey Xavier Pethtel, Denver, CO, and Michael Gray Cottrill, Wolf Summitt, WV; and one niece, Jesse Lynne Pethtel, Eugene, OR. Mr. Pethtel was Baptist by faith. He was a graduate of Washington Irving High School, Class of 1966. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served his country during the Vietnam era. He was a member of the Salem V.F.W. Davis Sperry Post 9151 and the Clarksburg Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge 52. He coached Youth Baseball in the Salem area for over 16 years. He was a member of the Salem City Council for eight years and operated a school bus for the Harrison County Board of Education for 16 years. Friends and family will gather to celebrate his life at the Cottage Corner Too at the end of Main Street in Salem on Friday, May 13, 2005, at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to the Salem V.F.W. Baseball Team, Davis Sperry Post 9151, P.O. Box 31, Salem, WV 26426. Davis-Weaver service.