April 10, 1925 – Jan. 19, 2012
Alberta Mae (Birdie) Pickett, 86, of Sweet Home died Jan. 19, 2012 at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Corvallis.
She was born April 10, 1925 in Spokane, Wash., to Lester and Mary Miller, one of five children. She married Loyd Elmer Pickett on June 13, 1946 and soon afterward moved to Sweet Home. Together, the Picketts raised four children, cared for several foster children and ran a local…