Pick, Dr. Elmer H. 1916-2000

PICK, ROLFES, HAHN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/2/2008 at 17:21:00

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Dr. Elmer Pick, 84, of Remsen, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH: Sunday, July 30, 2000
CAUSE OF DEATH: …after a brief illness with lung cancer
PLACE OF DEATH: …at his residence
DATE OF BIRTH: May 1, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH: …in rural Alton, Iowa
PARENTS: Adam and Mary (Rolfes) Pick
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Marvel May Hahn, Sept. 13, 1943, Oyens, Iowa
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: During World War II he was an officer in the U.S. Army Specialized Training Program. After marriage, they lived in Ames until he graduated from Iowa State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1944. They moved to Pocahontas, Iowa, where he was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture to do research on animal diseases that spread to humans. In 1945, they moved to the Remsen area where he established a veterinary practice. In 1956, he built the Remsen Veterinary Clinic. In 1960 they moved to a farm near Remsen where he farmed with his family until 1981, when they moved back to Remsen.
SURVIVORS: … include his wife of Remsen; five daughters; four sons; 18 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …a son Mark in infancy; nine brothers, Frank, the Rev. Henry, Joseph as a young child, Andrew, the Rev. Raymond, Lawrence, Sylvester, Anthony in infancy, and Joseph in infancy; five sisters, Anna Pottebaum, Sister Mary Bertilda O.S.F., Sister Mary Marius O.S.F., Sister Mary Lea O.S.F. and Sister Mary Aidan O.S.F.
PLACE OF BURIAL: St. Mary’s Cemetery, Remsen, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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