Pickett, Samuel

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Birth

Samuel Pickett was born May 3, 1916 in Schoharie, but moved to West Berne in 1917. His sister was:

• Catherine D. Adams of. Schoharie

Military

Samuel Pickett was a World War II veteran. He achieved the rank of staff sergeant. He served in Naples, Sicily, Rome, southern France and Africa.

Occupation

Pickett had worked as a truck driver for the Schoharie County Highway Department until 1942 when he entered, the Army. After his military service, Pickett became a self-employed dairy farmer until his retirement in 1981.

Marriage & Children

Samuel Pickett married Helen Becker on April 5, 1945.

Death

Samuel Pickett
S SGT US Army
World War II
May 3, 1916 - April 13, 1991
Woodlawn Cemetery

Samuel Pickett, 74, of Richard Hill Road, died Saturday, April 13, 1991 in the Community Hospital of Cobleskill after a brief illness.

Obituary

Samuel Pickett Obituary - Altamont Enterprise — Thursday, April 18, 1991

Samuel Pickett

WEST BERNE — Samuel Pickett, 74, of Richard Hill Road, died Saturday in the Community Hospital of Cobleskill after a brief illness. Pickett was born in Schoharie. He was a 1934 graduate of Schoharie High School and a West Berne resident since 1917. Pickett had worked as a truck driver for the Schoharie County Highway Department until 1942 when he entered, the Army. A World War II veteran, he achieved the rank of staff sergeant. He served in Naples,. Sicily, Rome, southern France and Africa.

After his military service, Pickett became a self-employed dairy farmer until his retirement in 1981.

He was a member of the American Legion Post 1261 of Schoharie and the Schoharie County.Dairymen's League. Survivors include his wife, Helen B. Pickett and a sister, Catherine D. Adams of. Schoharie.

Services were held Tuesday in the Langan Funeral Home and, burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the, Scho-Wright Ambulance Service, Main St., Schoharie 12157.

Altamont Enterprise — Thursday, April 18, 1991

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