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Pickett had worked as a truck driver for the Schoharie County Highway Department until I942 when he entered, the Army. After his military service, Pickett became a self-employed dairy farmer until his retirement in 1981. | Pickett had worked as a truck driver for the Schoharie County Highway Department until I942 when he entered, the Army. After his military service, Pickett became a self-employed dairy farmer until his retirement in 1981. | ||
| − | ==Marriage & Children== | + | ==Marriage & Children== |
| − | + | He married Helen B. Pickett. | |
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
| + | [[File:Grave-Woodlawn-PickettSamuel.jpg|300px|thumb|right|<center> Samuel Pickett<br>S SGT US Army<br> | ||
| + | World War II<br> | ||
| + | May 3, 1916 - April 13, 1991<br> | ||
| + | [[b:Woodlawn Cemetery|Woodlawn Cemetery]] </center>]] | ||
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Samuel Pickett, 74, of Richard Hill Road, died Saturday, April 13, 1991 in the Community Hospital of Cobleskill after a brief illness. | Samuel Pickett, 74, of Richard Hill Road, died Saturday, April 13, 1991 in the Community Hospital of Cobleskill after a brief illness. | ||
Revision as of 21:06, 20 December 2012
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
Education
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 I942 when he entered, the Army. After his military service, Pickett became a self-employed dairy farmer until his retirement in 1981.
Marriage & Children
He married Helen B. Pickett.
Death
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
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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