Mrs. Pruitt was born July 18, 1926, in Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a daughter of the late Peter Dale Crivello and Mary Moniz Crivello.
She was a member of the St. Francis Catholic Church of Assisi in Cartersville, active in the Green Thumb Garden Club in Milpitas, Calif., and was a retired secretary for the Milpitas Unified School District in California.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years, James Griffin Pruitt; her children and spouses, James Dale Pruitt and Katy Pruitt of Milpitas, Calif., Patty Jean and Kerry Belanger of Milpitas, Calif., and John Michael Pruitt and Terre Pruitt of San Jose, Calif.; eight grandchildren, Blake, Joshua, Christopher, Meghan, Brittany, Lauryn, John and Angus; her brother, Peter Dale Crivello of San Burno, Calif.; two sisters, Blanche Iaukea of Maui, Hawaii, and Margaret Lee of Hilo, Hawaii; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral mass will be said 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the St. Frances Catholic Church with Father Dan Stack officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Hill cemetery.
Please visit www.owenfunerals.com to post tributes and sign the online register.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Owen Funeral Home, 12 Collins Drive, Cartersville, is in charge of the arrangements.