Mrs. Catharen Elizabeth Petteway

Mrs. Catharen Elizabeth (Sercey) Petteway, 89 went to be with our Lord after enduring a long illness, on Sunday June 12, 2022, at Envoy of Woodbridge Rehabilitation Center. She was born on December 26, 1932, in Greenville S.C., to the late Ernest and Annie Bell (Johnson) Sercey. She was a beautiful lady, loving wife, wonderful mother, gracious aunt, and devoted grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was proceeded in death by her husband, Frederick G. Petteway Sr, brother Roy Lee Sercey and her sister Leola Ruth (Sercey) O’Neal. Kitty Cat, as she was a7ectionately called by her husband, family, and close friends, received her high school diploma from Sterling High School, in Greenville South Carolina, Class of 1951. After High School, she met her husband Fred, who was an airman stationed at Dobbins Air Force Base, Greenville S.C. They married in 1953 and gave birth to Fred Petteway Jr. in 1954. Soon after, in 1955, Mrs. Petteway moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, where she lived until 2005. Upon onset of her illness, she moved back to Travelers Rest, South Carolina to be with her sister, Leola and family and eventually in 2022 to Woodbridge, Virginia to be with her son, Malcolm and family. During her time in Waterbury, Mrs. Petteway was a member of Zion Baptist Church and worked second shift for Uniroyal Rubber and Sperry Electronics. She loved her children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Many of her nieces and nephews call her mom. When her children played basketball for the local high schools, she would sneak in a radio to work and listen to their games. Even though she wasn’t there, she never missed a moment of their games. She also loved watching soap operas, making scrapbooks of her family, and talking on the phone to her sister and sisters-in-law. Mrs. Petteway leaves behind to cherish her memories: two sons, Frederick Petteway Jr., Torrington, CT; Malcolm (Karen) Petteway, Woodbridge, VA; two granddaughters, Rashila Petteway, Woodbridge, VA and Shakara Petteway, Brooklyn, NY; a brother-in-law, Alexander C. Petteway, Waterbury, CT; sisters-in-law, Lorretta Randle (Roy), Detroit, MI, Shirley Petteway (Harold), Waterbury, CT, and Shirley Petteway (Stanley), Waterbury, CT, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Catharen Elizabeth Petteway

December 26, 1932 - June 12, 2022