VIRGIA EVERETT PICKEL

Everett Pickle Dies May 19

Virgia Everett Pickle, 70, of East Peoria, formerly of Ipava, died Monday, May 19, 1975, at the Graham Hospital in Canton.

He was born April 5, 1905, in Bernadotte, the son of James and Aletha Johnson Pickle. He married Sarah Belville on Dec. 31, 1925, and she survives.

He was employed at the Caterpillar Tractor Co., until his retirement in 1966.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Shawgo Memorial Home in Ipava, and burial was in the Ipava Cemetery.

Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 5/28/1975

[Laura’s note: Based on other records, his surname was actually spelled Pickel. Most records say his first name was indeed Virgia, while his WWII draft card says it was Virgil.]