Pewitt, Ina L. Wittmer88

Ina L. Wittmer Pewitt, 88, of Cedar Rapids, went to be with the Lord, at Mercy Medical Center, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, after a lengthy illness. Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Thomas Osterkamp and grandson, the Rev. Brian Pettit. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Survivors include her husband, Roy; her son, Larry (Kathy) Wittmer of Cedar Rapids; son-in-law, Leon Pettit of Fort Wayne, Ind.; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; three stepchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; one stepgreat-grandchild; sister, Maxine Schwartz of Des Moines; brother-in-law, Gene Cockerell of Des Moines; and sisters-in-law, Retha Tweedy of Kansas, and Jackie Tweedy of Florida.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Walter; daughter, Beverly Pettit; three sisters, Evelyn Tweedy, Helen Ursuery and Wanda Cockerell; three brothers, Robert (Helenna), Raymond and Joe Tweedy; and brother-in-law, Dale Schwartz.

Ina was born Feb. 28, 1923, the daughter of Charles and Ina (Mulinix) Tweedy in Fairfield, Iowa. A graduate from Libertyville High School in 1940, she married Walter Wittmer in 1940. He died in 1985. Ina married Roy Pewitt 1986, and they lived in rural Riverside and Florida, before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1989. Ina worked at Children's Hospital and in home health care for terminally ill.

Ina loved to cook and entertain often. She was always willing to give help to others. She enjoyed flowers, gardening and most of all she loved spending time with her grandkids.

She was a member of Good News Baptist Church, VFW Auxiliary, Caleb Club and Gideons Auxiliary.

n lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Camp Courageous in memory of Ina.

Please sign the online guest for Ina at under obituaries.

Published in The Gazette Jan. 17, 2012.