Margaret Pickard

May 6, 1922 - November 29, 2010

Margaret H. Pickard, 88, of the Heritage Retirement Village, Gerry, formerly of Jamestown and Bemus Point, died at 7:45 P.M. Thursday (Nov. 25, 2010) in WCA Hospital. She was born May 6, 1922 in the Jamestown home of her parents, Otto and Adelia Anderson Hjalmarson. She was a 1941 graduate of Jamestown High School, and a 1944 graduate of the former WCA Hospital School of Nursing. Prior to her marriage, she had been employed as a nurse at WCA Hospital, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in California, and with the Visiting Nurses in Jamestown. She was a member of the First Covenant Church. Surviving are her husband, Dr. A.J. ?Jack? Pickard, whom she married March 3, 1948 in First Covenant Church; two sons: John C. (Gail) Pickard of Rockmart, Ga. And Max R. (Jeanine) Pickard of Jamestown; a daughter, Meg A. Pickard of Bemus Point; fourteen grandchildren: Tameka Alderman, Celeste and Michael Jones, Bernadette McAffee, Jackson, Samantha, and Kristofer Nolloth, Sarah and Christian Pickard, Pete Johnson, Leah (Charles) Watkins, Nina (Mark) Kaltenbaugh, Seth Massey, and Benjamin Pickard; thirteen great grandchildren; two sisters: Svea Hjalmarson and Esther Goodell, both of Jamestown; several nieces and nephews; and a son-in-law, John Nolloth of Mayville. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Ann K. Nolloth, who died Jan. 20, 2009. A memorial service will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday in Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home. The Rev. Adam Rohler, pastor of First Covenant Church will officiate. Burial will be in Bemus Point Cemetery. Visitation will not be observed. Messages to the family may be sent by visiting the website www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials may be made to First Covenant Church, 520 Spring St., Jamestown, NY 14701.