Dorothy M. (Parrish) Picken (1916-2010)
PICKEN, PARRISH, BURZLAFF, CHRISTENSEN, TWIDDY, BENSON
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 10/3/2010 at 12:44:25
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, September 22, 2010.
Dorothy M. Picken, 94, of Ames, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at Green Hills Health Care Center. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, at Collegiate Presbyterian Church in Ames. Private family inurnment will be at the Iowa State University Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dorothy’s name may be directed to Youth and Shelter Services of Ames or Collegiate Presbyterian Church of Ames.
Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Service is assisting with arrangements.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, September 23, 2010.
Dorothy M. Picken, 94, of Ames, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at Green Hills Health Care Center. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, at Collegiate Presbyterian Church in Ames. Private family inurnment will be at the Iowa State University Cemetery.
Dorothy was born April 21, 1916, in Sac City to William and Wilhemina (Burzlaff) Parrish. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines in 1934. Dorothy attended Iowa State University where she received a bachelor’s degree in 1939 and a master’s degree in the early sixties. She taught interior design in the Home Economics Department until 1974.
Dorothy married Joseph C. Picken Jr. March 15, 1941. The couple was married for 65 1/2 years. She was a member of Collegiate Presbyterian Church, PEO, ISU Alumni Association, Playmakers, Actors, ISU Museums, YSS, Delta Phi Delta, Family and Consumer Science, Order of the Knoll, Phi Kappa Phi and AIOFA.
She is survived by one son, Joseph C. Picken III, of Dallas, Texas; one daughter, Barbara Christensen, of La Pointe, Wis.; seven grandchildren, David (Annalyn) Picken, Matthew (Jo) Picken, Anna (Clark) Twiddy, Christopher (Elisabeth) Picken, Shawn Christensen, Leah Christensen and Shane (Victoria) Christensen; 10 great-grandchildren, Noah, Bailey, Emma, Tyler, Alexandra, Trevor, Joshua, Zoe, Alex and Maeva; and one sister-in-law, Beth Parrish, of Des Moines.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph in 2006; sister, Marguerite Benson in 1990; brother–in-law, Benjamin S. Benson in 2003; and brother, Russell Parrish in 1966.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dorothy’s name may be directed to Youth and Shelter Services of Ames or Collegiate Presbyterian Church of Ames.
Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Service is assisting with arrangements.
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