Dr. D. Laureen Pickle & Eileen Pickle at Lauritzen Gardens, December of 2019
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By Dr. D. Laureen Pickle, Artistic Director MasterSingers Omaha, August, 2022
On August 21st, 2022 I said goodbye to the physical presence of my sister and best friend, Sarah Eileen Pickle. Cancer sucks and she deserved better. In her shortened life she loved collecting tote bags - so many tote-bags, making wreaths (many of which were included in our raffle baskets), making jewelry, kitty-cats, puzzles, gardens, and, most of all, music. She loved music the way I do. Music is not a choice for us. It is the source of our life and runs in our veins. When she moved to Omaha and into my home in 2018 one of the first things she did was join MasterSingers. There was not a week that passed when Eileen did not say to me, “Have I told you lately how much I love living in Omaha?”. So much of that was because of MasterSingers. MasterSingers was her lifeline and her adopted family. She performed with MasterSingers in several concerts and fundraising events, and loved every minute of it! She made real, true friends through MasterSingers and they mourn her much the way I do. She was a bright light, a gentle soul, and, as many have said, the kindest person they ever met. She knew how to love and was loved in return. She made my heart sing, and although my world will never be the same without her I know she is always there in the song of the cardinals outside my window, the butterflies that enjoy our gardens, the sun that shines in the morning and the stars that shine at night. Most of all, she is in the music we make. She is there and she will never be forgotten. You are loved, Eileen, and you are missed |
If you would like to make a donation to MasterSingers Omaha in memory of Eileen Pickle please use the link below to donate online or send your remembrances to MasterSingers Omaha, 2531 N. 61st Street, Omaha, NE 68104.
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Eileen Performs "You'll Never Know" at the MasterSingers Omaha "Soup, Sip, & Song" Cabaret in 2020
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Eileen Performs "All the Things You Are" at the MasterSingers Omaha "Soup, Sip, & Song" Cabaret in 2020.
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