OBIT: Robert R. PICKING, 1944, native of Somerset County, PA

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ROBERT R. PICKING

  Robert R. Picking, 56, a member of a well-known Somerset family, died last 
Saturday morning at his home in Ardmore, Pa., where he had been a merchant for 
many years.
  Mr. Picking was born in Somerset, a son of the late Jacob S. and Maria 
(Imhoff) Picking.  He was an accountant in Johnstown for a number of years 
before moving to Ardmore.
  He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Braucher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
S. C. Braucher of Somerset, and brother of Lt. S. Cober Braucher of the U.S. 
Navy, and the following named brothers and sisters - Barnet J. Picking, of 
Westmont, who retired recently after being a cashier for the Bethlehem Steel 
Company for many years; H. M. Picking, Johnstown mortician; Jay S. Picking, 
Somerset druggist, and Joseph Picking, Miss Florence Picking and Mrs. Marian 
Grove, Somerset.
  His remains were taken to Somerset, where funeral services will be held at 2 
p.m. Friday, at the Hoffman Mortuary Chapel, by Rev. J. F. Messenger.  Interment 
will be in the Husband Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, December 28, 1944