Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1917 — FORMER RESIDENT IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

FORMER RESIDENT IS DEAD

George Babcock Passes Away in a Chicago Hospital Monday. Word was received here Monday by Mrs. Roe Yeoman of the death of her brother, George Babcock, in a Chicago hospital following an operation, that morning. Mr. Babcock was a son of James Babcock of Bluffton and was about 40 years of age. Deceased leaves a wife and one child, besides his father and a number of brothers and sisters. He was a former resident of Jasper county, having resided for a number of years with his parents on a farm just west of town. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Bluffton and burial made there.