Sheila M. Pickett

Sheila M. Pickett, 58, of Scotia, N.Y., succumbed to her courageous battle with cancer and passed away on Wednesday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Sheila was born in Havre, Mont., on Sept. 11, 1952, the daughter of Phillip and Carol Collishaw Larsen. She graduated from Rudyard High School, Class of 1970. She attended college in Rapid City, S.D., where she met the love of her life, Ron Pickett. They were married June 30, 1973, in Rudyard, Mont. The couple then returned to Ron's hometown Schenectady to raise a family. Sheila worked for the Office o...