Richard O. Babcock 1916-1988  
Categories: Milton College Graduate, North Loup, Nebraska, Rev. Orville W. Babcock Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Veteran WW II
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 211, No 5, p 31, May, 1989.
  Richard O. Babcock died on December 3, 1988, in Moore Regional Hospital at Pinehurst, North Carolina, following a lingering illness of several years.
  Born on July 29, 1916, near North Loup, Nebraska, to Rolla and Stella (Green) Babcock, he was baptized in his youth and became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of North Loup.
  In 1940, he graduated from Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin, and later joined the Navy, where he served in the Amphibious Forces during World War II.   His first action was in North Africa, shortly after which he returned to the U.S.   The balance of his service was in the Pacific Theater while stationed in Australia.   From there, he participated in numerous island landings toward the Philippines.   He was retired as a First Lieutenant at the close of the war.
  On December 24, 1945, he was united in marriage to Mary Irene Steele in Highgate Springs, Vermont.
  His life vocation was in public schools.   He taught English and music in several schools in Nebraska and worked in administration before moving to Muskegon, Michigan, where he taught in the Orchard View Public School for 20 years before retiring.
  Babcock's avocation over the years was singing in church choirs, community musical organizations, and often as soloist on many occasions.
  He is survived by his widow, Mary, of Southern Pines, North Carolina; a daughter, Linda Parker; his step-mother, Leona of North Loup; two sisters, Irma Keown of Grand Island, Nebraska, and Ruby Van Horn of Madison, Wisconsin; a brother, Rev. Orville Babcock of White Cloud, Michigan; and a granddaughter.
  Memorial services were held on December 11, 1988, in the Penick Home in Southern Pines, where he had lived with his wife for over a year.     O. W. B.