Pick, Elmer H. Dr. 1916-2000

PICK, ROLFES, HAHN

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Date: 8/3/2017 at 21:26:36

Dr. Pick

REMSEN, Iowa -- Dr. Elmer H. Pick, 84, of Remsen died Sunday, July 30, 2000, at his residence after a brief illness with lung cancer.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church with his nephew, the Rev. Anthony Pick, and the Rev. Thomas J. Hart, assisted by the Rev. Craig Miller officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Remsen with military rites conducted by American Legion Post 220 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3328. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a parish rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and a Knights of Columbus rosary at 8 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home.

Dr. Pick was born May 1, 1916, in rural Alton, Iowa, the son of Adam and Mary (Rolfes) Pick.

He was raised on a farm near Alton and attended St. Mary's Academy in Remsen, and Trinity College in Sioux City, where he studied pre-medicine. He attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

During World War II he was an officer in the U. S. Army Specialized Training Program.

He married Marvel May Hahn Sept. 13, 1943, in Oyens, Iowa. 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.

He was a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, past president of Farmer's Co-op Elevator of Remsen and Remsen Chamber of Commerce, executive board member of Northwest Iowa Experimental Farms, Founder of Disease Free Baby Pig Laboratory in Remsen, co-founder of Diamond Laboratories, a veterinary pharmaceutical and drug company in Des Moines, and Agricultural Advisor to United States Congressman Stanley L. Greigg.

He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and American Legion Post 220.

Survivors include his wife of Remsen; five daughters, Mary and her husband, Jim Wagner of Kingman, Ariz., Joan Pick of Omaha, Barbara and her husband, Gary Wells of Le Mars, Iowa, Connie and her husband, Richard Wanderscheid of Sioux City, and Kathy Valentino of Remsen; four sons and their wives, David and Velda of Hammond, Ind., Richard and Ann of Le Mars, Dennis and Rebecca of Oakton, Va., and Guy and Sandy of Remsen; 18 grandchildren, Matt and Mark Wagner, Sandy Lane, Ben and Andrew Wells, Sarah, Josh, Matalie, Christopher, Andrew, Matt, Elizabeth and Janeene Pick, Adam Wanderscheid, Angie Comer, Bill, Gina and Stefano Valentino; and nine great-grandchildren.

He was 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.

Pallbearers will be Matt Wagner, Ben Wells, Adam Wanderscheid, Chris Pick, Bill Valentino and Josh Pick.

Sioux City Journal
Tuesday, August 1, 2000
Sioux City, Iowa