This memorial website was created in the memory of our beloved mother, Genevieve Schoelkoph who was born in Toad Lake, Minnesota on 16 March 1927 and passed away in El Cajon, California on 23 May 2013 at 86 years of age. Genevieve Bernice Pickett Schoelkoph, El Cajon, California, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter, Janice Bailey. Genevieve suffered a heart murmur since childhood and developed Congestive Heart Disease in later years. After an extended illness, she is resting in the arms of the Lord at the age of 86. Genevieve was born March 16, 1927 at Toad Lake, Becker County, Minnesota. She was the fourth of five children born to Harry Eli Daniel Pickett and Eliza Jane Sansburn. She married Wallace Marvin Schoelkoph on September 29, 1945, in Ogema, Beck County, Minnesota just three weeks after they met. At first they lived with his folks, then moved to a 'homestead' farm near Ogema. They had three daughters while living there, Alice Bernice, Carol Anne and Joyce Elaine. In October 1953, the farm was sold and the family headed west. A stop in Great Falls, Montana led to a job at the Anaconda Copper and Mining Company for Wallace. There another daughter was born, Janice Lynn. A few years later, Alice who has cerebral palsy, moved to a state and privately run hospital at Boulder, Montana. Genevieve became a nurses aide, and worked at Cascade County Hospital in Great Falls for several years. In 1971, Wallace was diagnosed with throat cancer. Genevieve and Wallace moved to San Diego, California where Wallace was treated at the Veterans Hospital until his death on May 11, 1973. During his time of illness, Genevieve and daughter Carol helped to care for him. After Wallace died, Genevieve moved back to Great Falls for a short time. In August 1973, she brought Alice from Boulder to San Diego, and became her caregiver. She and Alice lived in San Diego for Several years, then moved to El Cajon, California. Genevieve purchased a condominium which was their home until 2012 when she moved in with her daughter, Janice. Alice still lives in the condominium as an independent consumer. Genevieve learned to drive in California around the age of forty-five, even driving the freeways. Genevieve was a junior in high school when she married in 1945. In June of 1975, she finished her senior year at San Diego Hoover Adult School and received her high school diploma. Genevieve was always very crafty. She crocheted, beaded, sewed, quilted and more. After she turned seventy, she took up painting. Many people have remembrances of her through her crafts. She was active in the American Legion Auxiliary in San Diego and later El Cajon chapters. She served as president and chaplin. Genevieve is survived by her daughters, Alice Schoelkoph, Carol Anderson [David], Joyce Hughes and Janice Bailey, grandchildren Tara, Alex, Heidi, Shandree, Tiffany, Jessice and Joshua. Great Grandchildren Tyler, Lydia, Brandon, Yusef and baby Genevieve, her namesake. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Michael, Patrick and Dennis, and sister Harriet. Genevieve donated her body to the University of San Diego for research. Her cemetery stone will be placed next to her sister Harriet in the Pickett family cemetery at Frazee, Minnesota. The family is thankful to the Hospice Care and the Medical staff at Kaiser Permanante Medical Center in San Diego. This memorial was originally written by Carol Anderson.