{"id":13816,"date":"2025-07-10T06:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=13816"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:55:26","slug":"kyle-d-pettyjohn-60-of-sigel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/13816-kyle-d-pettyjohn-60-of-sigel\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle D. Pettyjohn (60) of Sigel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>Kyle D. Pettyjohn, 60, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at his home in Sigel.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A memorial service will be held\u00a0<span dir=\"ltr\">at 12:00 pm<\/span>(noon)\u00a0<span dir=\"ltr\">on Saturday, August 2, 2025<\/span>\u00a0at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with burial in St. Michael Cemetery, Sigel. Visitation will be held\u00a0<span dir=\"ltr\">from 10:00 a.m.<\/span>\u00a0to the time of service, Saturday, at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be given to the Barnes-Jewish\u00a0Hospital Neurosurgical Department.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kyle was born July 10, 1964 in Tampa, Florida, the son of Lyle and Daisy (Rhoades) Pettyjohn. He married Mary Lu Laub on December 15, 1999. Kyle enjoyed gardening and music, especially Rock &amp; Roll. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox fan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kyle is survived by his wife, Mary Lu Pettyjohn of Sigel; mother, Daisy Pettyjohn of Effingham; twin brother, Lyle (Robin) Pettyjohn of Hammond; sister, Sue Moffett of Cowden, as well as several nieces, nephews, and cousins.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kyle was preceded in death by his father and sister, Dianne Jones.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle died on Tuesday, July 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kyle D. 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