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Adele Pickar Obituary
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Adele Goodman Pickar passed peacefully on February 18, 2023, at age 94, while in the Spring Lake Village Skilled Nursing Facility. Her mind was strong, but her body was ready to rest.
Adele was born on October 23, 1928, in Albany, to Etta and Harold Goodman. Adele was the oldest of three sisters with whom she shared a lifelong friendship. Most of Adele's early years were spent in the Albany area. She attended the Albany Academy for Girls and Pembroke College, the coordinate women's college to Brown University. While at Pembroke, Adele met Irving Pickar; they married and settled in Albany, for 42 years, where they raised four sons: Joel, Jeff, Daniel, and Andy.
In 2000, Irv and Adele moved to Oakmont Village in Santa Rosa, Calif. In 2006, Irv passed away. Adele continued to live in Oakmont until 2013 when she moved to Spring Lake Village.
Adele will be remembered for her rich capacity for connecting with people. She always loved getting to know people, supporting people through hardship and challenge, and seeing the best in people, it was part of who she was personally and professionally. She formed meaningful and long-lasting relationships, sometimes decades long. Wherever Adele lived, her home was a gathering place for conversation and a drink or a meal. Adele brought her ability to connect with people to her community as a leader and thoughtful advocate. She found joy and delight in the simplest of nature's gifts, a butterfly, the fall leaves changing color, a flower blooming,
Adele will be greatly missed. Those left to honor her memory include her sons, Joel Pickar (Wendy Cohen), Jeff Pickar (Martha Kurland), Daniel Pickar (Miriam Wald), and Andy Pickar (Judy Levine); grandchildren, Aaron (Rebecca Belway), Jacob, Nelle, Hannah, Leah, Josh, Abby, and Jamie; great-granddaughter, Mara; and her many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions can be made to Congregation Shomrei Torah of Santa Rosa, (www.cstsr.org) or a charity of your choice, in memory of Adele Pickar.
To leave a message of condolence for the family online please visit levineMemorialChapel.com
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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John Peters
January 12, 2024
Joel, I have fun memories of working with your mother. Please contact me, 518-461-6139.
Nancy Caldwell
February 28, 2023
Remembering our special talks and times together-The bakery in Glen Ellen being our last "field trip!"
May your family find comfort with a loving community at this time!
Debra Shore
February 23, 2023
My thoughts and prayers to her family and friends! Love, Debbie
Lillian snd Mark Rappaport
February 21, 2023
Fond memories. We were neighbors in Albany for many years. May her memory be a blessing.
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