Mrs. Emma BABCOCK died Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Miller nursing home, where she
had been a patient the past two weeks. In ill health the past five months, she resided at R.R. 3,
Rochester with a daughter, Mrs. Dan (Ella) COOK. Mrs. Babcock was 95 years of age.
Born Jan. 22, 1876, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of Ezekiel and Mary MILLER
OVERMYER and had spent most of her life in this community. Her marriage was Feb. 22, 1897,
to Floyd BABCOCK, who died July 7, 1953. Mrs. Babcock was a member of the Whippoorwill
community church.
Also surviving are another daughter, Mrs. John (Ethel) SOKOLOWSKI, Milwaukee; six
grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren and forty-two great-great-grandchildren.
Last rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Whippoorwill church with the Rev. Ron
HEIBNER officiating. Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call
at the Foster & Good funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday until 11:30 a.m. Thursday and at the
church an hour before the service.
Mrs. Emma BABCOCK died Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Miller nursing home, where she
had been a patient the past two weeks. In ill health the past five months, she resided at R.R. 3,
Rochester with a daughter, Mrs. Dan (Ella) COOK. Mrs. Babcock was 95 years of age.
Born Jan. 22, 1876, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of Ezekiel and Mary MILLER
OVERMYER and had spent most of her life in this community. Her marriage was Feb. 22, 1897,
to Floyd BABCOCK, who died July 7, 1953. Mrs. Babcock was a member of the Whippoorwill
community church.
Also surviving are another daughter, Mrs. John (Ethel) SOKOLOWSKI, Milwaukee; six
grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren and forty-two great-great-grandchildren.
Last rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Whippoorwill church with the Rev. Ron
HEIBNER officiating. Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call
at the Foster & Good funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday until 11:30 a.m. Thursday and at the
church an hour before the service.
Family Members
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Barbara Ellen Overmyer Horgeshimer
1856–1918
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Sarah Louise Overmyer Rearick
1860–1924
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Melville Overmyer
1861–1892
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Enoch Overmyer
1863–1928
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Ambrose B Overmyer
1864–1937
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Lucy Ida Overmyer Burns
1865–1955
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Schuyler Colfax Overmyer
1866–1940
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Martha Jane Overmyer Cooper
1868–1935
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Mary Overmyer Reinhold
1870–1949
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Amanda Maude Overmyer Dudgeon
1872–1936
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Eldora Overmyer Flora
1874–1935
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Carrie Mae Overmyer Flora
1879–1960
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