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Joe father, Joseph Fowler Pickering died March 26, 2021. His obituary is in April 30 Palo Alto Weekly. It states that Joe II died at age 39 years which was 1992. Joe died of soft-tissue sarcoma which the obit states they feel was due to dioxin exposure while working in a chemical plant.
The obituary reads as though Joe, our classmate preceded his father in death. Correct me if wrong. Btw, I searched the obit site for Joe- it wasn't able to locate him. So I manually searched the 33 pages of obits. Nothing.
This is an obituary of our classmate Joe Pickering's father. In paragraph 12 it mentions our classmate:
"Clearly the most devastating development in Joe and Helen’s life was the death of son Joe in 1992 at the age of 39. An industrial worker and a radical from the time he left high school, Joe had changed course, received a Master’s degree in Education from Stanford and began teaching at Menlo Atherton High School when he was diagnosed with soft-tissue sarcoma, no doubt due to dioxin exposure while previously working in a chemical plant."
Julia Truesdale (Keady-Morris)
Joe father, Joseph Fowler Pickering died March 26, 2021. His obituary is in April 30 Palo Alto Weekly. It states that Joe II died at age 39 years which was 1992. Joe died of soft-tissue sarcoma which the obit states they feel was due to dioxin exposure while working in a chemical plant.
Craig Marshall
The obituary reads as though Joe, our classmate preceded his father in death. Correct me if wrong. Btw, I searched the obit site for Joe- it wasn't able to locate him. So I manually searched the 33 pages of obits. Nothing.
Julia Truesdale (Keady-Morris)
Craig Marshall
Thanks for the clarification, Julie. So sad for his parents. Do you know if his widow was compensated for her family's loss?
Jeff Littman
This brief obituary was found by our classmate sleuth Don Wagstaff, thanks Don!
Jeff Littman
This is an obituary of our classmate Joe Pickering's father. In paragraph 12 it mentions our classmate:
"Clearly the most devastating development in Joe and Helen’s life was the death of son Joe in 1992 at the age of 39. An industrial worker and a radical from the time he left high school, Joe had changed course, received a Master’s degree in Education from Stanford and began teaching at Menlo Atherton High School when he was diagnosed with soft-tissue sarcoma, no doubt due to dioxin exposure while previously working in a chemical plant."