Nancy C. Keating of Babylon and Thomas A. Stock of Manorville have announced their engagement. The couple, both poets, will wed in October of this year.

Ms. Keating, who works for Suffolk County, is a graduate of Bucknell University and the University of Minne sot a . Mr. Stock, a retired highschool science teacher, graduated from Canisius College and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Ms. Keating is the daughter of the late Patrick C. and Faith D. Keating. Before his retirement, her father was a reinsurance executive; he was active in the local painting community and the St. Joseph’s Church choir. Her mother retired as the assistant director of the West Islip Public Library.