Birth date: Jul 7, 1935 Death date: Jun 16, 2025
It is with profound love and gratitude that we announce the passing of our beloved Mother and Grandmother, Carol, who left this world peacefully at the age of 89. Born in Malad, Idaho, she was a beacon of kindness, faith, and unwa Read Obituary
Carol told me when I got married, she wanted to make me a wedding cake. She made the most beautiful cake for my 2nd marriage. I would go visit her at the Terraces and she was always my second "mom". I was lucky to know her. She is visiting with another angel in heaven, my mom.
“Christ-like service to others” is a mission statement for Carol’s life. Always doing things for others, delivering meals, making wedding cakes, and lending a listening ear were a small fraction of what she did. She had a genuine love for all. My family, along with the Pettingills and the Winters, seemed to be related because of the trips and activities we did together. Great times growing up in Toppenish! She was an inspiration to anyone who knew her. Thank you, Carol, for being such a rich part our lives. We are all better for having known you.
I have so many fond memories of Carol. From the time I was young, and Maude took me to visit Carol and Lee at school, they made me feel special and welcome. Over the years, I showed up at their door many times, and the feeling was always the same: warmth, love and laughter. Because of the distance, I didn’t get to talk to Carol as much as I would have liked. When she moved to Salt Lake, she was so good to us and especially to my mom, who had a stroke and was in a care facility in Pocatello. We would spend three or four hours traveling together to and from Pocatello. From the beginning of the trip to the very end, we laughed and told stories and enjoyed the company. She was always reaching out to help others. Even casual acquaintances received a hand knitted comforter from Carol. She was a tremendous example to me of a true disciple of Christ. I will miss her terribly, but I am happy that she finally got her wish to be with Lee again.
Lonny Gleed
In 1989 Linda and I were blessed to move next door to Carol and Lee Pettingill on the outskirts of Zillah, Washington. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints we were thrilled to find that many of our neighbors, including Carol and Lee, were members as well.
We soon discovered that the Pettingill’s were to become more than just neighbors and over the next 11 years they truly became a part of our family and, gratefully, they treated us a part of their family as well, sharing difficult times as well as good ones, birthdays, missionary farewells and other special events, all while serving and being served by each other.
We will celebrate our 50th anniversary as members of the church in August and we have met many wonderful Latter-day Saints who have been wonderful Christ-like examples of Christian service but never have we met anyone else like Carol. The pure love of Christ lived within her and she will always be for us the epitome of Charity.
Despite her busy life and many responsibilities, Carol was always attuned to the spirit and consistently responded to it. The number. Individuals and families she quietly served throughout her life must have numbered in the thousands and yet she never complained or sought recognition.
Her sensitivity to the spirit and willingness to go and do for others touched and improved an incredible number of lives (including ours).
When the Zillah Ward was formed I was humbled to be called, a couple of months before it was formally organized, to be the first Bishop. As I began to pray about the leaders for the ward, I received a clear impression that Carol should be called as Zillah’s first Relief Society President. She was in her late 50’s or early 60’s at the time and had previously served many, many times as a Relief Society President but the Lord knew that as president she would serve as the template for the sisters in our new ward, establishing a tradition of service that would perfectly reflect the mission of the Relief Society through charitable acts on behalf of the individuals, families and homes in our ward.....and that is exactly what she did!
Carol was an angel sent to earth, blessed with the desire to minister to the troubled, downtrodden and ill as all who loved her or knew her well can attest. We will all miss her.
Knowing Carol as we did, however, we have recognized how much and how long she has desired to be reunited with Lee, her infant daughter and her other beloved, departed family members,.
And so, we celebrate that she has now cast off the shackles that had fogged her mind in recent years and has received the reward for which a life well lived as a true disciple of Jesus Christ has qualified her. We will look forward to the time when we too may see her once again.
Our prayer is that her entire family has been comforted by their memories of her love, faith, strength and goodness.
Carol was a very important person in my life. She was my best friend’s Mom and she was a best friend to my Mom. She was always doing things for others. She did a lot for me over the years. One of her 1st cakes was our wedding cake. She did it as a present for me. Then she did my Sister Mindi’s cake and my daughter Staci’s cake( it was a fake cake - but no one could tell🤩) I found a few pictures to show you.
Sure loved her❤️
In 1979 Carol gave me a perm!
To this day is still one of my all-time favorite hairdos! 😂
Rick Winters
