Mankato, Minnesota - Lana Pickett, 76, of Mankato, MN died Monday, June 16, 2026 at her home surrounded by her family. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 27, 2026 at Woodland Hills Funeral Chapel in Mankato. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Woodland Hills Memorial Park.

Lana was born March 29, 1950 in Mankato, MN to LeRoy and Lorraine (Strusz) Gosewisch. She grew up and attended school in Mankato. On October 24, 1970 she married Charles Pickett. The couple lived in Germany, Maple Grove, MN, and Mankato. Lana had a cleaning service for a few years and then worked as a customer rep for Carlson Craft. She enjoyed cooking, baking, reading, doing cross word and word search puzzles, and always had the current issue of People Magazine.

She is survived by her husband, Charles; daughters Jackie (Dan) Wilson of Mankato and Jenny (Tim) Rogers of Victoria, MN; grandchildren, Tiffani (Aaron) Arnevik, Alex Wilson, Emily (Chandler) Theis, and Joslyn Rogers; great grandchildren, Ella and Mia Arnevik; sister, Susan (Duane) Kawell of Faribault, MN. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Sharon Johnson.