Lois J. (Everette) Picking, age 95, of Penn Township, formerly of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at Brookdale of Murrysville, Export, PA.
Born October 29, 1931 in Chambersburg, PA, daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Everette.
Lois was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and had an extensive career in education as an English teacher for 25 years in the Franklin Regional School District. She was greatly loved by all of her students and kept in touch with many after all of these years. She loved both teaching and learning, and enjoyed history and genealogy, and was a member and past president of the Phoebe Bayard chapter (Greensburg, PA) of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Lois and her late husband, Red, enjoyed ballroom dancing, traveling the US in their motor home, and spending time with family and friends. She was a lifetime member of the Zion Reformed United Church of Christ in Chambersburg. She’ll be remembered as a wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Lois is survived by her grandson, John E. (wife Clare) Picking of Vandergrift, PA; cherished great-grandchildren, Rory G. and Walt D. Picking; and daughter-in-law, Katherine Fitzgerald.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 61 years, Willis C. “Red” Picking; daughter, former Assistant US Attorney Margaret E. Picking; and son, Dr. David C. Picking.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 6, 2026 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Rd., Chambersburg, PA.
Friends will be received Wednesday, November 4, 2026, from 3-7 p.m. at Lindsay-Jobe Funeral Home, Inc., 3343 Route 130, Harrison City, PA, and on Friday, November 6, 10-11 a.m. in the Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home.
Interment will follow the service in Lincoln Cemetery, Chambersburg.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in her name be made to the Zion Reformed Church, 259 S. Main St., Chambersburg, PA 17201.
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