TO: Faculty, Staff, and Retirees
FROM: José Padilla, J.D.
President
DATE: October 11, 2024
RE: The Passing of Sylvia Stephenson Pick
It saddens me to inform you that Sylvia Stephenson Pick, wife of Richard Pick, associate professor emeritus of Theatre and Television Arts, passed on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
Sylvia was also on VU’s staff, as costume designer and costume shop supervisor in the Theater department beginning in 1982. Besides costume design and construction, she wrote a number of short pieces performed by students, as well as some full-length productions, notably 1987’s The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet, and for the University’s 1984 celebration College Hill, the story of VU’s first 125 years.
For those who would like the link to Sylvia’s service as well as the service folder and the tributes from her parish and her family or Richard’s current address, should anyone wish to send a note, please reach out to Joel Lehmann at joel.lehmann@valpo.edu
Please remember Richard in your prayers as he mourns his loss.
JDP/lt
