Pickard - Elma Holton
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, January 23, 1939
Tangier, January 22 -- Mrs. Elma Pickard, 56, died at 6 o'clock Sunday morning at her farm home near Howard -- just a year to the day after her mother, Mrs. Henry Holton, died in the same house. She had been seriously ill since Friday and death was due to a complication of diseases. She had suffered with diabetes the past 10 years and had been in poor health for several months. born November 18, 1881, Mrs. Pickard was the daughter of Henry and Mattie (Ellis) Holton. She married Charles M. Pickard August 27, 1902. Mrs. Pickard was a member of the Howard Presbyterian Church and the Ladies Aid. She also belonged to the Tangier Friend's Aid, the Women's Relief League and the Women's Relief Corps. Surviving are the husband, one son, Harold Pickard; a granddaughter; four brothers, Austin & Arthur Holton, Newport; Ross Holton, Hillsdale and Edgar Holton, Des Moines, Iowa and 3 sisters, Mrs. Merle Henline, Akron, Oh; Mrs. Vera Kite, Muncie and Mrs. Myrtle Richmond, Clinton. Funeral services will be held at the Tangier Friends church at 10:30 o'clock Tues. morning with Rev. Stanton Lawyer, pastor of the Howard Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be made at Terre Haute. kbz