Alta Minette (Clarke) Babcock 1873-1933
Categories: Alfred, New York,
Rev. A. Clyde Ehret Officiating,
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 116, No 5, p 119, Mar. 5, 1934.
Annett Babcock was born at Scott, N. Y., May 31, 1873, and died at the home of her daughter in Almond, N. Y., December 11, 1933.
She was the daughter of Charles Eugene and Emily P. Clark. On September 3, 1892, she was married to Irwin Babcock. In early life she united with the Scott Seventh Day Baptist Church. Later she transferred her membership to De Ruyter, where she remained a faithful, though absent, member.
She is survived by five children - Pauline Jones of Bath, Doris Hank of Almond, John and Winfield of Wellsville, and Lucy of Hornell; also by a sister, Mrs. Archie Gould of Alfred; and a brother Alvah H. Clark of Alfred Station. Her husband died June, 1928.
She was a woman of a beautiful faith at all times and a kindly and gentle disposition.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of her daughter, Doris Hank, in Almond by A. Clyde Ehret and she was laid to rest in the Railroad Valley cemetery. A. C. E.