Glenn Pickett

Glenn Pickett - 05/31/2002 Glenn Pickett - 05/31/2002 GLENN ARVIL PICKETT IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO: Glenn Arvil Pickett was born October 31, 1909 at Ucon, Idaho, to Arvil Pickett and Grace Angeline Whetstone. He attended school in New Sweden and then in Idaho Falls after moving to Idaho Falls at age twelve. He married Marguerite Ann Nelson on May 23, 1933, in the town of Dubois, Idaho. There were three children born to the marriage: Dale, Dorothy and Jimmy. Glenn started out in business for himself by purchasing freight trucks to haul coal from the mines east of Idaho Falls. Later on he changed to the business of road construction, joining partners with Don Nelson in creating the company named Pickett/Nelson Construction Company. These two sold their business and retired in 1968. Glenn and Marguerite spent their retirement years wintering in Scottsdale, Arizona, and summering at home in Idaho Falls. They shared 60 years of marriage together until Marguerite passed away in December of 1994. During his years in business Glenn was on the Board of Directors of the Idaho Contractors Association and at one time was appointed to the State Licensing Board of Idaho Associated General Contractors. He was an avid trap shooter and helped establish the first trapshooting club in Idaho Falls. He was a long-standing member of the Skyline Gun Club as well as the Amateur Trapshooters Association, and received many awards during his activities in these organizations. In 1997 he was inducted into the Idaho Trapshooter’s Hall of Fame. Besides trapshooting Glenn enjoyed bird hunting, fishing, pool, watching baseball and functioning as a trap-machine repairman, practicing this craft all the way from Jackson Hole to Phoenix. He was also a longtime member of the Idaho Falls Elks Club. Survivors include: son Dale Glenn (Denise) Pickett, Scottsdale, Arizona; daughter Dorothy (Gary) Duncan, Idaho Falls, Idaho; sister Violet Hart, Pocatello, Idaho; nine grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Glenn Pickett was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, two brothers named Roy and Ernest, and a son named James Brian Pickett. Funeral Services will be on Monday at 2 P.M., June 3rd, 2002, at Wood Chapel of the Pines. The family will visit with friends on Sunday June 2nd, 6 to 7:30p.m. and for one hour prior to services on Monday. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge Avenue in Idaho Falls, 83402-4092. Phone: (208) 522 5413. If you would like to offer your condolences fill in the form below. Name E-Mail Message [ Previous Obituary - Linda Austin | Current Obituary | Next Obituary - Florence Robohm ]