Victor, December 13 - Funeral services for Homer F. Babbitt, former Ravalli county assessor who died at his home here Saturday, were held in the Dowling chapel at Hamilton, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. Fraser MacDonald officiated. Interment was in the Corvallis cemetery. Pallbearers were H.C. Groff, Ed. C. Downing, S.P. Kerr, George Safley, John Greenfield, Adam Horung.
He had been seriously ill in October but had improved and was up and about until he suffered a stroke on Tuesday. He was born April 18, 1860 in Lebanon, Ohio, and came to Montana in 1881. He first homesteaded in the Ross hole section, coming to Victor a few years later. This has been his home since with the exception of 1900 and 1912 when he made his home in Hamilton wile serving as assessor. He was a rancher until 1904 when he went into the butcher business. He disposed of this business in 1918 and from 1921 to 1925 operated the Victor Garage, retiring in the latter year. He was marred to Emma Alford, Corvallis in 1891. She died in 1908 and in 1914 he married Mrs. Maude McClung, Victor.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Fulton, Power; son, James Everett, Victor postmaster, and stepson, Guy McClung, Bremerton, Washington, and several grandchildren.
Ravalli Republican, December 16, 1943
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He had been seriously ill in October but had improved and was up and about until he suffered a stroke on Tuesday. He was born April 18, 1860 in Lebanon, Ohio, and came to Montana in 1881. He first homesteaded in the Ross hole section, coming to Victor a few years later. This has been his home since with the exception of 1900 and 1912 when he made his home in Hamilton wile serving as assessor. He was a rancher until 1904 when he went into the butcher business. He disposed of this business in 1918 and from 1921 to 1925 operated the Victor Garage, retiring in the latter year. He was marred to Emma Alford, Corvallis in 1891. She died in 1908 and in 1914 he married Mrs. Maude McClung, Victor.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Fulton, Power; son, James Everett, Victor postmaster, and stepson, Guy McClung, Bremerton, Washington, and several grandchildren.
Ravalli Republican, December 16, 1943
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtravall/RAVALLI_COUNTY_OBITS_B.html
Victor, December 13 - Funeral services for Homer F. Babbitt, former Ravalli county assessor who died at his home here Saturday, were held in the Dowling chapel at Hamilton, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. Fraser MacDonald officiated. Interment was in the Corvallis cemetery. Pallbearers were H.C. Groff, Ed. C. Downing, S.P. Kerr, George Safley, John Greenfield, Adam Horung.
He had been seriously ill in October but had improved and was up and about until he suffered a stroke on Tuesday. He was born April 18, 1860 in Lebanon, Ohio, and came to Montana in 1881. He first homesteaded in the Ross hole section, coming to Victor a few years later. This has been his home since with the exception of 1900 and 1912 when he made his home in Hamilton wile serving as assessor. He was a rancher until 1904 when he went into the butcher business. He disposed of this business in 1918 and from 1921 to 1925 operated the Victor Garage, retiring in the latter year. He was marred to Emma Alford, Corvallis in 1891. She died in 1908 and in 1914 he married Mrs. Maude McClung, Victor.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Fulton, Power; son, James Everett, Victor postmaster, and stepson, Guy McClung, Bremerton, Washington, and several grandchildren.
Ravalli Republican, December 16, 1943
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtravall/RAVALLI_COUNTY_OBITS_B.html
He had been seriously ill in October but had improved and was up and about until he suffered a stroke on Tuesday. He was born April 18, 1860 in Lebanon, Ohio, and came to Montana in 1881. He first homesteaded in the Ross hole section, coming to Victor a few years later. This has been his home since with the exception of 1900 and 1912 when he made his home in Hamilton wile serving as assessor. He was a rancher until 1904 when he went into the butcher business. He disposed of this business in 1918 and from 1921 to 1925 operated the Victor Garage, retiring in the latter year. He was marred to Emma Alford, Corvallis in 1891. She died in 1908 and in 1914 he married Mrs. Maude McClung, Victor.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Fulton, Power; son, James Everett, Victor postmaster, and stepson, Guy McClung, Bremerton, Washington, and several grandchildren.
Ravalli Republican, December 16, 1943
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtravall/RAVALLI_COUNTY_OBITS_B.html
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