Peggy Anna (Leaton) Pittman Obituary (1945 - 2022)

Peggy Anna Pittman, age 77, of Baker City, passed away on July 27, 2022, at her residence. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 10th,2022, at 10:00 AM at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City. Friends will be invited to join the family for a reception afterward at the Baker City Christian Church. Peggy Anna Pittman was born April 9, 1945, in Gatesville, Texas, where she lived briefly before moving to Challis, Idaho, where she lived with her younger sister Melanie, younger brother Jeff, and parents Rollin William and Margaret Leaton (Van Meeteren). She graduated from Challis High School in 1963 and then, shortly after graduation, moved to Moscow, Idaho, where she attended the University of Idaho. Peggy worked a variety of different jobs in Idaho and met and married Vernon Jaye Nickens, resulting in the birth of their two children, Curtis Jaye Nickens, who was born in Idaho, and Shannon Dawn Nickens, who was born after their family moved to Oregon. Their family lived in western Oregon, where Peggy eventually landed her career job at the United States Forrest Service. This position ultimately brought Curtis, Shannon, and Peggy to eastern Oregon, where they finally settled in Baker City in 1985. She met the love of her life in Baker City and just couldn't help falling in love with John (Jack) Fredric Pittman; they married on December 3, 1992. Marrying Jack gave Peggy a loving partner and fishing buddy and blessed her by adding his three children to her life; Greg Pittman, Dee Staab, and Rhea Powell making her a proud mother of five. In 1994 Peggy retired from the United States Forrest Service, which afforded her more time to spend with her husband and family doing some of their favorite things together; fishing, visiting the coast and hunting mushrooms in the spring. After Jack's passing on June 25, 2012, Peggy spent more time with her children and grandchildren until her passing on July 27, 2022, at her home in Baker City. She is survived by all of her children; Curtis (Billie-Jo Nickens), Shannon (Louis Russell), Greg (Megan Pittman), Dee, and Rhea (Jess Powell), her sister Melanie (Pete Peterson), brother Jeff (Pam Leaton), 15 of her 16 grandchildren, and all 16 of her great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Smile Train, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, or Shriner's Children's Hospital through Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel at 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, Oregon 97814.