Earlene Jane Pickerel

Earlene Jane Pickerel, 82, died May 9, 2017 at Sweetwater Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for one day.  

She was born Oct. 14, 1934, in Lodge Pole, Neb., the daughter of Earl and Vi Dodrill. 

She grew up in Albin, where she worked for her parents at a restaurant and remembered vividly the storm of 1947. Her family later moved to Pavillion.

Upon graduation she worked at Midvale Irrigation, where she was a secretary.  She later married Donald Ernest Pickerel Aug. 26, 1954.

They lived in Riverton, Casper and settled in Rock Springs in 1961.  

They had five children during t...