LuJuanna Wilson Pettigrew

LuJuanna Wilson Pettigrew passed away on December 11, 2023 in West Valley City Utah. LuJuanna was born on August 25, 1941 in Brigham City, Utah to LaMoine Elias and Mary Jensen Wilson. She grew from a young child through her high school years on the Wilson farm at the north end of Brigham City. An excellent student, she excelled in school graduating from Box Elder high school. During this time, LuJuanna worked at the iconic Maddox restaurant, in south Brigham, where a lifelong infatuation with soda began. While attending Utah State University she met her husband Thomas Alan Pettigrew Jr., their marriage spanned over 30 years. She graduated with a bachelors degree in education in 1962. She launched into a 40 year career of shaping the minds of elementary children in over 10 communities across the US from the mountains of Hayfork CA, to the beaches of San Diego CA, to the Nations governmental suburb of Fairfax VA, to her final classroom in Big Sky country of Lolo MT. Along the way she added a Masters Degree in education and many friends and colleagues. Living in West Valley Utah since 2015 she had a close knit group of friends that were regulars at lunch throughout West Valley. Her return to Utah enabled visits with family and there was nothing she enjoyed more than spending time with her grandson, son, sister, sister in-law and all of her nieces and nephews. LuJuanna had a passion for travel, visiting all of the continents save Australia. Her visiting Antarctica was quite a feat and one that she treasured, along with the sight of so many penguins. A voracious reader you would always see books in her presence, and the speed of her reading was astonishing. Along the path of her life journey she developed a love of the desert southwest, and a special connection to the art of the native pueblo people of the area. These and other treasures were evident in her home, along with so many photos of family and the wonderful places seen in her worldwide travels. She is survived by her brother Kent (Kenny) Wilson, her son Thomas Alan Pettigrew III, her daughter in-law Dori Pratt, her grandson Skylar Alan Pettigrew, and many nieces and nephews and their children. Preceding her in death are her mother and father, her brother Duane LaMoine Wilson, and sister Delone W. Cates. A graveside service will be held on December 16, 2023 at 2:00pm at the Brigham City, Utah cemetery. Please send and share personal condolences to the family at www.serenityfhs.com

LuJuanna Wilson Pettigrew

August 25, 1941 - December 11, 2023