Dorothy M. (Parrish) Picken (1916-2010)

PICKEN, PARRISH, BURZLAFF, CHRISTENSEN, TWIDDY

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/7/2012 at 09:07:36

From Adams & Soderstrum Funeral Home obituary, Story County, Iowa:

Dorothy Picken

BORN: April 21, 1916
DIED: September 16, 2010
LOCATION: Ames, Iowa

Dorothy M. Picken, 94, of Ames, died September 16 at Green Hills Health Care Center. Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, September 27, 2010 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, Iowa 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 her Bachelor’s Degree in 1939 and her 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 were married for 65 ½ years. She was a member of Collegiate Presbyterian Church, PEO, ISU Alumni Association, Playmakers, Actors, ISU Museums, YSS, Delta Phi Delta, Family & Consumer Science, Order of the Knoll, Phi Kappa Phi and AIOFA.

She is survived by one son, Joseph C. Picken, III of Dallas, TX; one daughter, Barbara Christensen of La Pointe, WI; seven grandchildren, David (Annalyn) Picken, Matthew (Jo) Picken, Anna (Clark) Twiddy, Christopher (Elisabeth) Picken, Shawn Christensen, Leah Christensen, Shane (Victoria) Christensen; ten great grandchildren, Noah, Bailey, Emma, Tyler, Alexandra, Trevor, Joshua, Zoe, Alex, Maeva; and one sister-in-law, Beth Parish of Des Moines, Iowa.

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, Iowa.

Memorial Service

September 27, 2010
11:00 AM
Collegiate Presbyterian Church
159 N. Sheldon
Ames, IA 50014

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