He died age 70 in LaCrescent, Houston Co., MN at the Health Care Center.
He was buried in Pickwick Cemetery, Pickwick, Winona Co., MN.
Matthew served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and was a member of the Gittens-Leidel American Legion Post 595 of LaCrescent, MN.
Matt worked as a truck driver for Fruit acres in LaCrescent for many years. He also worked as a self-employed painter when the growing season was over in the orchards. He also tended bar at the American Legion Club for many years.
Matt was a member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, MN.
Matt never married.
He was survived by 3 sisters, Mary Ann (Wilford) Wilson of Winona, Ada (Clarence) Wilson of Clinton, IA, and Anna (Helmer) Thompson of Caledonia, MN; 3 brothers, John Babler and Robert (Beverly) Babler both of Winona, and Charles (Birde) Hanson of Houston, MN; many nieces and nephews.
Matt was preceded in death by his parents; and 5 brothers, Ralph, Albert, William, and Richard Babler, and Henry Hanson.
He died age 70 in LaCrescent, Houston Co., MN at the Health Care Center.
He was buried in Pickwick Cemetery, Pickwick, Winona Co., MN.
Matthew served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and was a member of the Gittens-Leidel American Legion Post 595 of LaCrescent, MN.
Matt worked as a truck driver for Fruit acres in LaCrescent for many years. He also worked as a self-employed painter when the growing season was over in the orchards. He also tended bar at the American Legion Club for many years.
Matt was a member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, MN.
Matt never married.
He was survived by 3 sisters, Mary Ann (Wilford) Wilson of Winona, Ada (Clarence) Wilson of Clinton, IA, and Anna (Helmer) Thompson of Caledonia, MN; 3 brothers, John Babler and Robert (Beverly) Babler both of Winona, and Charles (Birde) Hanson of Houston, MN; many nieces and nephews.
Matt was preceded in death by his parents; and 5 brothers, Ralph, Albert, William, and Richard Babler, and Henry Hanson.
Inscription
SP3 US ARMY
Family Members
-
Ralph Dietrich Babler
1916–1993
-
Albert Babler
1918–1982
-
William Matthew Babler
1919–1989
-
John H Babler
1922–2002
-
Richard Steven Babler
1923–1994
-
Mary Ann Babler Wilson
1924–2005
-
Sgt Charles Obert Hanson
1927–2000
-
Henry Albert "Hank" Hanson
1927–1985
-
Ada Elizabeth Babler Wilson
1928–2011
-
Robert Babler
1931–2010
-
Anna Babler Thompson
1933–2007
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement