Burial notice: John Pickreign
Graveside services have been set for John Rufus Pickreign, who died on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the age of 88, in Haines City, Florida and his wife Rita (Gardner) Pickreign, who died April 30, 2016, at the age of 78, in Saranac Lake.
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A graveside service with Military Honors and an Elks prayer service will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Harrietstown Cemetery in Saranac Lake. A celebration of John and Rita’s life will immediately follow at the Saranac Lake Moose Lodge, 176 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY.
In honoring John’s lifelong commitment to helping others in need, the family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be directed to the Wounded Warrior Project, Tunnel to Towers Foundation, or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital-foundations he proudly supported.