Charlene F. Hykel

Charlene F. Hykel, age 82, of Elm Mott, passed away early on Good Friday morning, April 6, 2007 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel in West, with Rev. Isidore Rozycki officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery near West. The family will receive visitors from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Mrs. Hykel was born on September 30, 1924 in El Dorado, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Lacey Boone and Myrtle Virginia (Cook) Hogue. She graduated from Palestine High School and then went on to attend a business college in Houston. She married Martin Royster Pickett after he returned from the service in 1944. He preceded her in death and she then married Cyril Methodius Hykel on April 7, 1956 in West. He preceded her in death on October 10, 1990. She worked as a credit manager for Hurricane Steel Industries for over thirteen years until her retirement in 1985. She also worked as an accountant for a Ford Dealership in Palestine and Lacy-Boone Interiors. Charlene loved spending time with her grandchildren and dog "CoCo". She enjoyed traveling, driving, artwork, painting, drawing, playing cards and dominoes and visiting with all her friends. She was a member of B.P.O.E. Elk Lodge #166, V.F.W. Post #4819 Ladies Auxiliary of West and a former member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bellmead. She is preceded in death by five sisters. Survivors include four sons, Robert Pickett and wife Mary of Marble Falls, Donald Pickett and wife Stephanie and Richard Cyril Hykel and Belinda, all of Houston, James S. Hykel and wife Sheryl of Weatherford; one daughter, Donna M. Jarnigan and husband Randy of Houston; one sister, Dolly D. Ray of Alief; nine grandchildren, Amy Fraser and husband Robert, Lisa Pickett, Kristine Pickett, Dawson Pickett, Kobi Pickett, Katherine Hykel, Alek Hykel, Jennifer Bolden and husband Lynnel and Mandi Watson; six great-grandchildren, Caleb and Wyatt Fraser, Dallyn Pickett, Joshua Watson, Jubilee and Hosanna Bolden; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Memorials may be made to St. Martin's Catholic Church Building Fund.