Poetic Obituaries: After his ordination in 1951, he ministered

in churches in Ohio and established a church in a rural area near Toledo. Under his leadership, the mission church of 20 families grew into one of the strongest parishes in the diocese, his son said.

After retiring in 1988, Mr. [Thomas] Pickering pursued his longtime study of the poet Robert Browning. He was treasurer of the Browning Society in New York until recently.

from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Rev. Timothy Pickering, 85

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