Stanley Ellsworth Pettit (Dec 29, 1883- Dec 16, 1940)
Worshipful Master: 1913, 1914
Masonic Career: Raised as Master Mason in 1909. Unaffiliated from Jephtha No. 494, probably due to his move to California in 1933.
Occupation: Lumber, Coal & Feed Merchant, A.S. Pettit & Sons, Huntington Station, NY. Feeder Operator (1920). VP, Feed Merchant, Eastern Federation (1923). associated with the family coal, lumber, & feed business at Huntington Station, NY.
Residence: Dewey Ave, Huntington, NY (1910-1920). New York Ave, Huntington, NY (1930)
Bio: One of Huntington’s leading business men a decade ago” – 19 Dec. 1940 obit from the “Long Islander,” Huntington, NY; son of Albert S. Pettit; educated at Huntington High School & Ohio Wesleyan College; married Caroline Nye of Delaware, Ohio; they were the parents of Janet & Marian; they divorced & he married his second wife, Marion Symonds of Ohio; Pettit moved to California about 1933. Died of cancer of the bladder in San Bruno, San Mateo, CA. funeral services were held at Huntington, NY. Graveside service by Rev. Flandreau of the Huntington Methodist Church. Interred in Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, NY.
