OBIT: Jacob S. PICKING, Jr., 1948, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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JACOB S. PICKING

  Jacob S. Picking, Jr., well-known Somerset druggist, died suddenly on Friday, 
Feb. 20, at Palm Beach, Fla.  He was returning from a fishing trip with his 
friend and fellow townsman, Dr. William R. Dougan, when he was stricken with a 
heart attack in Dr. Dougan's car, and died instantly.
  Mr. Picking had suffered a heart attack last November and following six weeks 
in the Somerset Hospital, had gone to Florida on the advice of his physician.  
He seemed to be recovering satisfactorily.
  He was born in Somerset, Oct. 30, 1879, a son of J. S. and Maria Louise 
(Imhoff) Picking.  He was the proprietor of the well known pharmacy since 1904.  
In addition, he operated a stone quarry in Jefferson Township, and was president 
of the Crown Mutual Fire Insurance Company and of the Pennsylvania Propane Gas 
Company.
  He was a Mason, a Shriner, a charter member of the Somerset Fraternal Order of 
Eagles, a member of the Rotary Club, Odd Fellows, Somerset Country Club and of 
the official board of the First Christian Church.  He was a life-long Democrat 
and active in party affairs.
  Mr. Picking is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruey F. (Boyd) Picking; two sons, 
Jay Wilford Picking of Chagrin Falls, O., and Robert Boyd Picking of Chicago; 
two grandchildren, two brothers, H. M. Picking, Sr., of Johnstown and Joseph I. 
Picking of Somerset, and two sisters, Miss Florence Picking and Mrs. Marian P. 
Grove of Somerset.
  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in the First Christian 
Church, followed by burial in the Husband Cemetery.  Rev. Dr. Virgil Wallace of 
Berwick, Christian church evangelist and close friend of the family, conducted 
the services assisted by Rev. J. F. Messenger.  The body lay in state from 11 
a.m. until the hour of the funeral services, previous to which friends were 
received at the Walter S. Hoffman funeral home.

Meyersdale Republican, February 26, 1948