Joseph Wesley Pickle, Jr.

David, Kathy, and Steven, I was a student at Colorado College from 1963 through 1967 and worked at the College for 2 years after graduation as an assistant to Gilbert Johns, who was then Dean of the Summer Session. While I did not take a class from your father, he was someone with whom I had many informal conversations throughout my time as a student, as a young administrator, and later as an alumnus returning to Colorado Springs for alumni reunions. Your father was kind, thoughtful,...

Joe Pickle was one of my professors at Colorado College (class of 1976). He took a special interest in me, and we stayed in contact after my graduation. He once invited me to return to the college to teach a semester-long course, which was for me a thrilling experience. We used to meet for dinner every year at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. I last visited him in Colorado Springs in 2018 or 2019, and we had a delightful conversation. I will always be grateful for the...

Joe had a special and truly authentic presence that somehow calmed the world around him. Among the faculty at CC, some of who had an almost theatrical vibe about them, Joe had a true sweetness to his character that radiated refined wisdom and purposeful virtue. He was a quintessentially Just Man.

This is a huge loss for me. I was a religion major and he was my adviser/advisor and one of my most cherished profs. I was in their home a few times through the years. He loved a religion/philosophy writer and author by the name of Schleiermacher. We joked about that course many times through the years in which we studied his teachings. Joe was a great guy, a very dedicated CC professor who was a strong believer in the block plan and embraced travel and granting course credit if religion or...

I always found great joy in simply listening to Joe. With love and sympathy to his family, Anne Batalsky

My condolances Joe was "Head Scully" at Gridley dinning my freshman year and helped me get aclimated to Carleton. Always helping

a few more photos of Joe and Judy