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- O. T. BABCOCK, 57, registrar
of Milton college since 1925, was stricken with a
- cerebral hemorrhage Monday in Omaha,
Neb., and died Tuesday afternoon in Clarkson hospital of that
city.
- Mr. BABCOCK and his wife were
driving to Milton from Tucson, Ariz. where he had
- been since January for his health.
Mrs. BABCOCK left for Arizona about 10 days ago.
- Oscar True BABCOCK was born
Feb. 7, 1895, in North Loup, Nebr., the son of
- Edwin J. BABCOCK and Jessie
TRUE. He attended North Loup schools and the University
of Nebraska where he received a certificate to practice law.
He practiced law from 1921 to 1923. In 1923 he entered Milton
college and graduated from that institution in 1925. He became
registrar of Milton college in 1925 and taught political science.
- On Sept. 5, 1927, he married Beulah
VINCENT, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
- VINCENT,
Milton. They have one son, Bryce, a senior at Milton college.
- Mr. BABCOCK served for a number
of years as a clerk on the high school board.
- He was a member of the Milton village
board at the time of his death, and he had served a number of
terms as justice of peace for the village.
- Besides his wife and son, Mr. BABCOCK
is survived by his mother, two brothers,
- Edwin and Arthur, and a sister Katharine.
His father and a brother, Archie, preceded him in death.
- Funeral services will be held at 2:30
p.m. Friday at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
- church with the Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph
officiating. The Milton college choir, under the direction of
Prof. B. H. WESTLUND, will provide music. Burial will
be in the Milton cemetery.
- The body arrived this morning at the
Albrecht funeral home where friends may call this
- evening. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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