Harold Othel Pickard

Harold Othel Pickard, age 86, died Wednesday, April 3, 2002 in Poulsbo, WA. Mr. Pickard was born to Blaine and Rose (Kinney) Pickard on November 1, 1915 in Cottonwood, Iowa.

Harold was raised in Iowa, graduating from High School in Franklin. He joined the US Navy and served as a Coxswain from 1934 until 1940. He married Letha Berniece Gillespie in Ft. Madison, Iowa on August 28, 1938.

They moved to Bremerton and Harold went to work for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a sailmaker. He was active in the Bremerton community, especially supporting the public schools. Harold headed the East Bremerton PTA for several years and served an 8 year term as a member of the Bremerton School District Board. He was a Past Master of Masonic Lodge 269, a Democratic Party District and State Committeeman and was a member of the Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow.

Harold loved to garden and read but especially loved winemaking and stamp collecting.

His wife, two brothers and a sister preceded him in death. Three children, Jon B. Pickard and his wife Carol of Riverside, CA, Alan L. Pickard and his wife Mary of Silverdale, WA and Cheryl L. Pickard of Bremerton, WA; 6 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Ruth Voyer of Donaldson, IA and Velma Kimbrell of Las Vegas, NV survive him.

At his request, no services will be held. The family suggests, to those who desire to remember Harold through gifts, the University of Washington Diabetic Research, Dept. of Medical Development, 1324 5th Avenue Suite 2000, Box 358220, Seattle, WA.