We regret to announce the sudden death of Joanna Lynn Pettit on November 13 2010 at Flagstaff Medical Center. Joanna was 45 years of age and was a beloved mother, sister, daughter and a friend to many residents of Williams Arizona. We are deeply grieved by the loss of an angel in the midst of chaos that our world is in. She will be missed by us all.


Joanna was born in the city of Williams on May 29th 1965. She had been raised by her beloved parents Jimmie and Linda Pettit also of Williams. Her siblings Tim (Debbie), beloved sister and best friend Anita, and Jeff (Ellen) Pettit. The enjoyed many fond and pleasant memories in their childhood under the care of their parents. She gave birth to Christina Lynn Repp Mongeau on the date of January 10 1985 in the city of Flagstaff, and then continued the growth of her family with the birth of her son Joshua Tyler Pettit on March 5th 1992. On June 25, 2005, she welcomed Christina's husband Dale Mongeau to her family. Before her death she enjoyed an administrative career for the city of Williams for more than eight years. She enjoyed volunteering her time by cleaning and maintaining the Williams cemetery, coaching her children in their sporting events, and scrap booking the memories of her family's life. Joanna has always thought of others before herself and even in death she donated the gift of sight allowing another to see the world through her eyes.


She is remembered and survived by her father Jimmie, her two children, her siblings, three aunts, two uncles and 20 nieces and nephews, and by the many lives that she has touched and changed in this world. Joanna is preceded in death by, her mother Linda Pettit, her infant brother Johnny Pettit and her spouse Kyle Smith.


Services For Joanna will be held at the First Baptist Church at 629 W. Grant Ave, with a viewing held at 2:00 p.m., services following at 3:00 p.m. Following grave site services there will be a potluck reception held at the American Legion 425 W. Grant Ave. approximately 5:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the memorial fund that has been established at the National Bank of Arizona in the memory of Joanna or to the American Cancer Society of Northern Arizona or American Heart Association in her honor.

The family would like to thank the community for their support and love in this time of deep grief. It has made us understand why Joanna loved this town so much.


Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.