Willie Pettyjohn, 96, of Rostraver Township, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. He was born June 17, 1928 in Amherst, Virginia, the son of Willie and Bessie Ray Pettyjohn.

Willie was the oldest member, a deacon and quite active in his day at The Church of Jesus Christ in Monongahela. He retired from US Steel, Clairton Works as a head craneman with over thirty years of employment.

Willie loved being outdoors. He spent time tending to his vegetable garden, raising pigs and chickens, tinkering on his trucks and cars, cutting the grass at the Fells Cemetery and maintaining a local spring in the area.

He is survived by four daughters and a son, Gloria Minnie of Belle Vernon, Catherine Clark of Donora, Rosemary (Leonard) Larkin of North Carolina, Jacqueline Washington, and David Pettyjohn, both of Rostraver Township; seventeen grandchildren; thirty seven great grandchildren; and twenty six great great grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ella Mae Glenn Pettyjohn who died Sept. 9, 2020; son, Willie Pettyjohn, Jr.; granddaughter, Justina Underwood; great grandsons, John and Ja'waun Minnie; brother, Loyd Pettyjohn.

Friends will be received on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM in the Church of Jesus Christ, 525 Sixth Street, Monongahela, where services will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM with Elders Johnathan Nath and Brandon Coppa officiating. Interment will follow in Fells Cemetery, Rostraver Township.