"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 5, 1953, p 5.
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Dr. Lester M. Babcock, 79, Milton, who was long prominent in Rock county civic affairs and a dentist in Milton for 25 years.
Dr. Babcock died Tuesday afternoon at Round Lake, Ill., following a long illness. Dr. Babcock served as president of the Tri-County YMCA board from 1926 to 1941. He was named president of the State YMCA in 1928. He was also a past president of the Rock County Dental Society.
He was active in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church; served on the graded school board and the village board; had been a director of the Bank of Milton and on the board of trustees of Milton College. He had been a member of the IOOF, Rock and Walworth Dental Society, Wisconsin Dental Society, Janesville Rotary club, and Milton Civic club.
The son of Granville and Harriet Bishop Babcock, he was born June 13, 1873, in Garland, Ia. After graduating from Milton college in 1898, he taught school for three years and then attended the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, graduating in May 1904. He was married June 13, 1899, to Mary Ann Crumb.
Dr. Babcock practiced dentistry in Jackson Center, O., for 10 years and in 1914 purchased a practice in Milton. He sold his practice to Dr. F. M. Branch in April, 1949.
Dr. Babcock was first named to the Rock county YMCA board of directors in 1918. He was elected recording secretary in 1920 and was named president in 1926.
Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Ruth, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Chicago, and Helen, Waukesha; and a sister, Mrs. G. I. Hurley, Eugene, Ore. A son, Hubert, preceded him in death.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. today in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Burial was in Milton cemetery.
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Dr. Lester M. Babcock, 79, Milton, who was long prominent in Rock county civic affairs and a dentist in Milton for 25 years.
Dr. Babcock died Tuesday afternoon at Round Lake, Ill., following a long illness. Dr. Babcock served as president of the Tri-County YMCA board from 1926 to 1941. He was named president of the State YMCA in 1928. He was also a past president of the Rock County Dental Society.
He was active in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church; served on the graded school board and the village board; had been a director of the Bank of Milton and on the board of trustees of Milton College. He had been a member of the IOOF, Rock and Walworth Dental Society, Wisconsin Dental Society, Janesville Rotary club, and Milton Civic club.
The son of Granville and Harriet Bishop Babcock, he was born June 13, 1873, in Garland, Ia. After graduating from Milton college in 1898, he taught school for three years and then attended the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, graduating in May 1904. He was married June 13, 1899, to Mary Ann Crumb.
Dr. Babcock practiced dentistry in Jackson Center, O., for 10 years and in 1914 purchased a practice in Milton. He sold his practice to Dr. F. M. Branch in April, 1949.
Dr. Babcock was first named to the Rock county YMCA board of directors in 1918. He was elected recording secretary in 1920 and was named president in 1926.
Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Ruth, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Chicago, and Helen, Waukesha; and a sister, Mrs. G. I. Hurley, Eugene, Ore. A son, Hubert, preceded him in death.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. today in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Burial was in Milton cemetery.
"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 5, 1953, p 5.
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Dr. Lester M. Babcock, 79, Milton, who was long prominent in Rock county civic affairs and a dentist in Milton for 25 years.
Dr. Babcock died Tuesday afternoon at Round Lake, Ill., following a long illness. Dr. Babcock served as president of the Tri-County YMCA board from 1926 to 1941. He was named president of the State YMCA in 1928. He was also a past president of the Rock County Dental Society.
He was active in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church; served on the graded school board and the village board; had been a director of the Bank of Milton and on the board of trustees of Milton College. He had been a member of the IOOF, Rock and Walworth Dental Society, Wisconsin Dental Society, Janesville Rotary club, and Milton Civic club.
The son of Granville and Harriet Bishop Babcock, he was born June 13, 1873, in Garland, Ia. After graduating from Milton college in 1898, he taught school for three years and then attended the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, graduating in May 1904. He was married June 13, 1899, to Mary Ann Crumb.
Dr. Babcock practiced dentistry in Jackson Center, O., for 10 years and in 1914 purchased a practice in Milton. He sold his practice to Dr. F. M. Branch in April, 1949.
Dr. Babcock was first named to the Rock county YMCA board of directors in 1918. He was elected recording secretary in 1920 and was named president in 1926.
Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Ruth, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Chicago, and Helen, Waukesha; and a sister, Mrs. G. I. Hurley, Eugene, Ore. A son, Hubert, preceded him in death.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. today in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Burial was in Milton cemetery.
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Dr. Lester M. Babcock, 79, Milton, who was long prominent in Rock county civic affairs and a dentist in Milton for 25 years.
Dr. Babcock died Tuesday afternoon at Round Lake, Ill., following a long illness. Dr. Babcock served as president of the Tri-County YMCA board from 1926 to 1941. He was named president of the State YMCA in 1928. He was also a past president of the Rock County Dental Society.
He was active in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church; served on the graded school board and the village board; had been a director of the Bank of Milton and on the board of trustees of Milton College. He had been a member of the IOOF, Rock and Walworth Dental Society, Wisconsin Dental Society, Janesville Rotary club, and Milton Civic club.
The son of Granville and Harriet Bishop Babcock, he was born June 13, 1873, in Garland, Ia. After graduating from Milton college in 1898, he taught school for three years and then attended the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, graduating in May 1904. He was married June 13, 1899, to Mary Ann Crumb.
Dr. Babcock practiced dentistry in Jackson Center, O., for 10 years and in 1914 purchased a practice in Milton. He sold his practice to Dr. F. M. Branch in April, 1949.
Dr. Babcock was first named to the Rock county YMCA board of directors in 1918. He was elected recording secretary in 1920 and was named president in 1926.
Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Ruth, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Chicago, and Helen, Waukesha; and a sister, Mrs. G. I. Hurley, Eugene, Ore. A son, Hubert, preceded him in death.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. today in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Burial was in Milton cemetery.
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