Olive Jean (nee Pettit) Cottingham passed away at The Weyburn Special Care Home on January 25, 2012 at the age of 101 years. Olive was born September 13, 1910 in Weyburn to Louis and Pearl Pettit. She is survived by her three sons, Gary (Myrna) Lane of Shilo, MB, Terry (Karen) Lane of Edson, AB, and Don (Audrey) Lane of Bangor, PA; grandchildren, Steven (Lorelei), Cherlyn (Jim) Brereton, Erin (Leroy) Brown, Robert (Lisa), Allan (Gail), and Brian; nine great grandchildren; sister-in-law Bernice Cottingham; stepchildren Eileena Cottingham, Lorraine (Don) Debusschere, and their families. Mother was left alone to care for her three sons. She belonged to Grace United Church, and very seldom would she miss a Sunday sermon. She and the boys would walk from the South hill no matter what the weather. Mother just loved to dance and somehow she managed to take in the odd country dance at McTaggart and brought along the boys. During her years in the workforce she worked at Grace McKee insurance, Weyburn Credit Union, Weyburn Co-op office, and the Co-op Lumber Yard. She retired in 1975. In 1988, Shorty called (he needed a cribbage partner), and they were married a year later. They spent the next 14 years together playing cribbage, camping, fishing, and travelling to visit family. She was a member of the Eastern Star, the United Church UCW and the Weyburn Special Care Home Auxillary. Mother was predeceased by her husband Elbert (Shorty) Cottingham; her mother and father Pearl and Louis Pettit; brothers, Edgar and Arthur; sisters Della Johnstone and Elva (Andrews); sister-in-law Hellen; brothers-in-law Ormand Johnstone, Preston Andrews, and Montie Cottingham; nephews Robert and Douglas Pettit and Brian Andrews; and step children Rodney and Stuart Cottingham and Joylene Chapman. A special thank you to all the staff at the Weyburn Special Care Home who made Olive's life a little bit better. At her request she has been cremated; a service and interment will be held later this year at Hillcrest Cemetery. Donations may be made in memory of Olive to a charity of donor's choice.Condolences may be left at: www.fletcherfuneralchapel.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Chapels Ltd., Weyburn (306) 842-5432
