Raphael "Ray" J. Pick, 79, Kenneth, died Monday, July 29, 2002, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Services were Thursday, Aug. 1, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore. The Rev. Gerald Kosse and Roxanne Kemper officiated. Burial was at St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery in Lismore.
Raphael Pick was born to Joseph and Elizabeth (Reker) Pick on Sept. 4, 1922, in Lismore. He attended school at St. Kilian. He farmed with his family and worked in an airplane factory in Buffalo, N.Y., during World War II.
He married Margaret Ann Gleis on June 19, 1945, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore. After their marriage, the couple farmed north of Lismore. In March 1957 they moved north of Kenneth where they farmed until 1986. They owned the Kenneth Bar from 1980 to 1992 until they retired in Kenneth.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret A. Pick, Kenneth; five children and their spouses, Gerald "Jerry" (Margaret) Pick, Dale (Lori) Pick, all of Luverne, Dennis (Deanna) Pick, Kenneth, Linda (Gerald) Schmuck, Gulfport, Miss., and Diane and Dennis Strassburg, Magnolia; 14 grandchildren; and four great-granddaughters.
Mr. Pick was preceded in death by his parents, eight brothers, Michael, Arnold, Ernest, Isadore, Urban, Magnus, Leonard and Joseph, four sisters, Cecilia, Eleanora Loosbrock, Lucy Hebig and Mildred Pick.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.