Wahkiakum County Eagle- Oct 1996

Judith A. Pickering

  Age 55, died at her home on Puget Island.  She was born in Cutler, 
Ind., to Robert and Edith (Bronson) White, and had lived in the Puget 
Island-Cathlamet area for 19 years.
   She worked at several jobs in the Astoria area while living in 
Knappa, Ore., until she moved to Puget Island in 1977.  In 1978, she 
went to work at the Wauna mill, where she worked until 1990.
  She and her husband, Wilmer "Pic" Pickering, were members of the Good 
Sam RV Club.  They enjoyed motercycle riding, auctioning and going to 
garage sales.  She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially 
her grandchildren.  She attended the First Free Church on Puget Island.
  Survivors include her husband, "Pic", at home; two sons, Olaf 
Thomason, Jr. of Cathlamet and Todd Thomason of Knappa; four 
stepchildren; a sister, Bobbi Jean Conners of Lafayette, Ind.; a 
brother, Michael Ro White of Las Vegas, Nev.; 10 grandchildren; and 
several nieces and nephews and friends.
  Celebration of life service was Monday at the Puget Island Grange.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.

Judith A. (White) Thomason Pickering
Burial place unknown
13 Aug 1941-09 Oct 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)