Mary Susan Zialcita
June 9, 1948 Jan. 3, 2021
Mary Susan Ziálcita née Pickard, known to her family and grandkids as Mema, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, of stage 4 breast cancer.
Born June 9, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, Susan was the eldest child and only daughter of Reverend Dr. William Pickard and Mary Ann Martin.
Along with brothers, Henry, Marshall, James and Paul, her family served as Methodist missionaries in Tuguegarao, the Philippines. While studying at the University of the Philippines on a Study Abroad Program, she met the love of her life, Lorenzo Ziálcita, on a blind date. Though they were separated for 13 years, they were reunited in 1981 and were married on Aug. 8th of that year.