Max Leon Pickering, 80, Peru, went to be with the Lord at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 at Howard Regional Hospital, Kokomo.
He was born Jan. 22, 1927 in Sims to Ralph and Alta (White) Pickering. He married Mary Catherine Jones Feb. 14, 1953, and she survives.
Max retired from C&O Railroad as an engineer after 36 years of service. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a member of Center Chapel Brethren Church.
Survivors besides his wife include a son, Stephen Grant and wife Shirley, Kokomo; a daughter, Patsy Ruark and husband Dale, Peru; four grandchildren, Amy Wagstaff, Jamilee Chapman, Adam Grant and Jeremy Grant; a brother, Willard Glassburn, Urbana; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Lloyd; and a sister, Laura.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with Pastor Brad Eckerley officiating.
Burial will be in Thrailkill Cemetery, Grant County. A military committal service will be provided by the Miami County Military Rites Unit.
He was born Jan. 22, 1927 in Sims to Ralph and Alta (White) Pickering. He married Mary Catherine Jones Feb. 14, 1953, and she survives.
Max retired from C&O Railroad as an engineer after 36 years of service. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a member of Center Chapel Brethren Church.
Survivors besides his wife include a son, Stephen Grant and wife Shirley, Kokomo; a daughter, Patsy Ruark and husband Dale, Peru; four grandchildren, Amy Wagstaff, Jamilee Chapman, Adam Grant and Jeremy Grant; a brother, Willard Glassburn, Urbana; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Lloyd; and a sister, Laura.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with Pastor Brad Eckerley officiating.
Burial will be in Thrailkill Cemetery, Grant County. A military committal service will be provided by the Miami County Military Rites Unit.
Max Leon Pickering, 80, Peru, went to be with the Lord at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 at Howard Regional Hospital, Kokomo.
He was born Jan. 22, 1927 in Sims to Ralph and Alta (White) Pickering. He married Mary Catherine Jones Feb. 14, 1953, and she survives.
Max retired from C&O Railroad as an engineer after 36 years of service. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a member of Center Chapel Brethren Church.
Survivors besides his wife include a son, Stephen Grant and wife Shirley, Kokomo; a daughter, Patsy Ruark and husband Dale, Peru; four grandchildren, Amy Wagstaff, Jamilee Chapman, Adam Grant and Jeremy Grant; a brother, Willard Glassburn, Urbana; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Lloyd; and a sister, Laura.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with Pastor Brad Eckerley officiating.
Burial will be in Thrailkill Cemetery, Grant County. A military committal service will be provided by the Miami County Military Rites Unit.
He was born Jan. 22, 1927 in Sims to Ralph and Alta (White) Pickering. He married Mary Catherine Jones Feb. 14, 1953, and she survives.
Max retired from C&O Railroad as an engineer after 36 years of service. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a member of Center Chapel Brethren Church.
Survivors besides his wife include a son, Stephen Grant and wife Shirley, Kokomo; a daughter, Patsy Ruark and husband Dale, Peru; four grandchildren, Amy Wagstaff, Jamilee Chapman, Adam Grant and Jeremy Grant; a brother, Willard Glassburn, Urbana; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Lloyd; and a sister, Laura.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with Pastor Brad Eckerley officiating.
Burial will be in Thrailkill Cemetery, Grant County. A military committal service will be provided by the Miami County Military Rites Unit.
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