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- Beulah [Vernette] BABCOCK KAASE,
92, of Milton, died at Mercy Manor,
- Janesville, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1998.
- She was born June 23, 1906, in Milton,
the daughter of Floyd and Mignon
- (WHITFORD) VINCENT. She
entered Milton Union High School as a freshman when it first
opened in October of 1920, graduating in 1924. She graduated
from Milton College in 1942 with a philosophy degree. She married
O. T. BABCOCK on Sept. 5, 1927. He was a registrar of
Milton College from 1925 until his death in March of 1952. She
then married Paul G. KAASE in December, 1957; he died
in February, 1968. She was the assistant registrar for Milton
College from 1973 to 1985. She was awarded the Pillar of Milton
Award on June 7, 1986. She belonged to the Milton College Alumni
Association and was active in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
Church for many tears.
- She is survived by a son, Bryce (Zenaida)
BABCOCK of Cottonwood, Ariz.; a
- sister, Doris BAKER of Dade
City, Fla.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
- Funeral services were held Tuesday,
Dec. 29, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
- Church. Rev. George Calhoun officiated.
Burial was in Milton Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Main
Hall Preservation Society, c/o Kristin KRESAL, P.O. Box
84, Milton. Albrecht Funeral Home handled the arrangements. [Thursday
edition, p. 4]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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