Pickel, Goldie Frances

1916 - 1952  (36 years)

• Name	Pickel, Goldie Frances
  Birth	1916  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	PICK.G001
  _FGRAVE	23451951
  Death	31 Jan 1952  [1]
  	Cause: Car/train wreck
  	The Decatur Daily Review Decatur, IL Friday, February 1, 1952 Page 4, Columns 4 & 5 EDGEWOOD WOMAN, 35, IS KILLED BY TRAIN Edgewood, Feb. 1 (Staff) Mrs. Florence Pickel, 35, was killed at 11:30 a.m. yesterday when her car collided with an Illinois Central streamliner passenger train near the Edgewood railroad station. Mrs. Pickel, the mother of two married daughters and a son and four other daughters, was driving home alone after shopping for groceries when she collided with the train on a crossing. The train, which does not stop here, dragged the car about 100 feet. ______ The Daily Journal-Gazette Matton, IL Friday Evening, February 1, 1952 Page 12, Column 4 Edgewood Woman Killed as I. C. Train Hits Auto Special to The Journal-Gazette EDGEWOOD, Ill. – A 35-year-old mother of seven children was killed here Thursday when the car she was driving was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train. Victim of the mishap, was Mrs. Florence Pickel, wife of a section laborer. Mrs. Pickel’s 1937 model automobile, struck by the City of New Orleans, was destroyed. The car was carried half a block. Surviving are Mrs. Louise Schafroth of Bradley, Mrs. Barbara Greear of Edgewood, Phyllis, Jack, Joyce, Trudy, and Linda Lou Pickle, all at home.
  Burial	Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Person ID	I47613	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Pickel, Lloyd E.
  Mother	Kirk, A. Effie,   b. 1899   d. 1981 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F20416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pickel, Floyd Riley,   b. 1908   d. 19 Dec 1987, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Pickel, Barbara E.,   b. 4 Dec 1933, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois d. 3 Feb 2024, Semmes, Mobile County, Alabama (Age 90 years)   2. Pickel, Robert Eugene,   b. 10 Nov 1935, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois d. 2 Sep 1937, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois (Age 1 year)   3. Pickel, Phyllis Joan,   b. 17 Sep 1937, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois d. 30 May 2013, Lakeland Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F20417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Decatur Daily Review Decatur, IL Friday, February 1, 1952 Page 4, Columns 4 & 5 EDGEWOOD WOMAN, 35, IS KILLED BY TRAIN Edgewood, Feb. 1 (Staff) Mrs. Florence Pickel, 35, was killed at 11:30 a.m. yesterday when her car collided with an Illinois Central streamliner passenger train near the Edgewood railroad station. Mrs. Pickel, the mother of two married daughters and a son and four other daughters, was driving home alone after shopping for groceries when she collided with the train on a crossing. The train, which does not stop here, dragged the car about 100 feet. ______ The Daily Journal-Gazette Matton, IL Friday Evening, February 1, 1952 Page 12, Column 4 Edgewood Woman Killed as I. C. Train Hits Auto Special to The Journal-Gazette EDGEWOOD, Ill. – A 35-year-old mother of seven children was killed here Thursday when the car she was driving was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train. Victim of the mishap, was Mrs. Florence Pickel, wife of a section laborer. Mrs. Pickel’s 1937 model automobile, struck by the City of New Orleans, was destroyed. The car was carried half a block. Surviving are Mrs. Louise Schafroth of Bradley, Mrs. Barbara Greear of Edgewood, Phyllis, Jack, Joyce, Trudy, and Linda Lou Pickle, all at home.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17091] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pickel, Floyd and Goldie, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23451951/goldie-frances-pickel), none. (Reliability: 2).