Edward was born to Charles and Mabel Thayer Babcock.
He graduated from Plainview Academy in South Dakota in 1932 and from Union College, Lincoln, Neb, in 1940.
Edward married Charlotte Frances Lewis on June 7, 1941, in Omaha, Neb.
After marrying Charlotte, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a medical clerk from 1942 to 1945. He received a sharpshooting medal/award, even though he was non-combatant.
Edward worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spokane as a registrar assistant from 1946 to 1960. He then went to work for the Social Security Administration in Dearborn, Mich., from 1961 to 1972, when he retired.
He was an avid motorcyclist starting at the beginning of his marriage until he was 76 years of age. He and Charlotte traveled from Arkansas to Washington on a Honda Silver Wing motorcycle when he was 76. He was a member of the Clarkston Seventh-day Adventist Church and was an elder there. He had a special interest in making needlepoint signs with individuals' names on one side and Jesus on the other; he made hundreds of them over the years.
He was preceded in death by a son, Duane Frank Babcock, and four brothers, Burton Babcock, Russell Babcock, Merton Babcock, and Harold Babcock.
Lewiston Tribune October 8, 2006
He graduated from Plainview Academy in South Dakota in 1932 and from Union College, Lincoln, Neb, in 1940.
Edward married Charlotte Frances Lewis on June 7, 1941, in Omaha, Neb.
After marrying Charlotte, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a medical clerk from 1942 to 1945. He received a sharpshooting medal/award, even though he was non-combatant.
Edward worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spokane as a registrar assistant from 1946 to 1960. He then went to work for the Social Security Administration in Dearborn, Mich., from 1961 to 1972, when he retired.
He was an avid motorcyclist starting at the beginning of his marriage until he was 76 years of age. He and Charlotte traveled from Arkansas to Washington on a Honda Silver Wing motorcycle when he was 76. He was a member of the Clarkston Seventh-day Adventist Church and was an elder there. He had a special interest in making needlepoint signs with individuals' names on one side and Jesus on the other; he made hundreds of them over the years.
He was preceded in death by a son, Duane Frank Babcock, and four brothers, Burton Babcock, Russell Babcock, Merton Babcock, and Harold Babcock.
Lewiston Tribune October 8, 2006
Edward was born to Charles and Mabel Thayer Babcock.
He graduated from Plainview Academy in South Dakota in 1932 and from Union College, Lincoln, Neb, in 1940.
Edward married Charlotte Frances Lewis on June 7, 1941, in Omaha, Neb.
After marrying Charlotte, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a medical clerk from 1942 to 1945. He received a sharpshooting medal/award, even though he was non-combatant.
Edward worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spokane as a registrar assistant from 1946 to 1960. He then went to work for the Social Security Administration in Dearborn, Mich., from 1961 to 1972, when he retired.
He was an avid motorcyclist starting at the beginning of his marriage until he was 76 years of age. He and Charlotte traveled from Arkansas to Washington on a Honda Silver Wing motorcycle when he was 76. He was a member of the Clarkston Seventh-day Adventist Church and was an elder there. He had a special interest in making needlepoint signs with individuals' names on one side and Jesus on the other; he made hundreds of them over the years.
He was preceded in death by a son, Duane Frank Babcock, and four brothers, Burton Babcock, Russell Babcock, Merton Babcock, and Harold Babcock.
Lewiston Tribune October 8, 2006
He graduated from Plainview Academy in South Dakota in 1932 and from Union College, Lincoln, Neb, in 1940.
Edward married Charlotte Frances Lewis on June 7, 1941, in Omaha, Neb.
After marrying Charlotte, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a medical clerk from 1942 to 1945. He received a sharpshooting medal/award, even though he was non-combatant.
Edward worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spokane as a registrar assistant from 1946 to 1960. He then went to work for the Social Security Administration in Dearborn, Mich., from 1961 to 1972, when he retired.
He was an avid motorcyclist starting at the beginning of his marriage until he was 76 years of age. He and Charlotte traveled from Arkansas to Washington on a Honda Silver Wing motorcycle when he was 76. He was a member of the Clarkston Seventh-day Adventist Church and was an elder there. He had a special interest in making needlepoint signs with individuals' names on one side and Jesus on the other; he made hundreds of them over the years.
He was preceded in death by a son, Duane Frank Babcock, and four brothers, Burton Babcock, Russell Babcock, Merton Babcock, and Harold Babcock.
Lewiston Tribune October 8, 2006
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