Charles Donald Picard

Charles "Don" Picard died peacefully on Saturday, May
1, 2004 at his home in Federal Way. He was born in
Washington, DC on September 5, 1936 to Ruby Gannaway
Picard and Charles William Picard. The family moved to
North Hollywood, California in the 1940s. Don joined
the US Army in 1955 and was honorably discharged in
1957. He returned to North Hollywood after the service
and went to work for Hughes Aircraft as an Electronics
Systems Technician, working at various Air Force bases
in California, New York, Florida and Washington. In
1964, Don decided to settle his young family in
Washington State, so he left the traveling life of
Hughes Aircraft and went to work for NCR in Tacoma for
a short time. His career led him to Pacific National
Bank where he managed the Electronic Business Services
division for many years. In 1978 he went to work for
Automatic Data Processing in Bellevue as the General
Manager from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. Don
retired early to pursue his lifelong passion of
fishing. After retirement, he commercially fished for
salmon out of Newport, Oregon on his troller the F/V
Opportunity. Don is survived by his wife Nadine, his
daughters Kathe and Michele, his brother Greg and
Greg's family, his grandson Rudolph, and his
granddaughter Meta and her husband Matt. A private
graveside service was held at the Tahoma National
Cemetery. A memorial service for friends and family
will be held in June. Please, the family requests no
flowers. If you would like to make a memorial
donation, they can be sent to the Franciscan Hospice
at PO Box 1502, Taco- ma, WA 98401; or the R. Merle
Palmer Minority Scholarship at PO Box 7119, Tacoma, WA
98406.

Pub Date: 5/9/2004
Tacoma News Tribune