Louise Pickman, 91, Fishers, Indiana, died Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
Memorial services will be Saturday, June 10, 2023, at 11:30 A.M. in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, with Deacon, Ron Zishka, officiating. Visitation with the family from 10:00 A.M. until 11:30 A.M. Memorial contributions are suggested to St Benedict Parish or Mt. Calvary Cemetery and may be left in care of the funeral home.
Louise was born August 25, 1931, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Harvey and Matle (Logan) Tompson. She attended school in Kansas City graduating from West Port High School.
On November 27, 1952, she and Carl Pickman were united in marriage at St. Patrick’s Church with Rev. Cyprian Nordhus, OSB presiding. Mr. Pickman preceded her in death on October 13, 2008.
Louise began her work history with Southwestern Bell. She also worked at the Tea Room on the campus of Mount St. Scholastica. Louise was employed with Domann Drug for a time, she also owned her owned fabric store in downtown Atchison. Her last major employment was at the Super 8 in Atchison.
Louise and her husband, Carl, were members of St. Joseph Church for over 50 years and she was very active in the altar society.
Survivors include two sons, Jim (Lyn) Pickman, Luxembourg, WI; David Pickman, Atchison, KS; three daughters, Peggy (Robert) Shine, Fishers, IN; Sarah Kinast, Haven, KS; Susan (Russ) Karch, Manchester, TN; an adopted Mount St. Scholastica daughter, Pat Peterson; fourteen grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Thomas Wood; a granddaughter, Angela Kathleen Shine Gibbs; a great grandson, Madden Alexander Pickman; two sons-in-law, Richard Carlson, Dean Kinast; a brother Orville Tompson; and two sisters, Hazel Hutchens and Betty Medley.
