"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Nov. 10, 1955, p 6.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lester M. Babcock, 81, who died in Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 13, were held the following Saturday afternoon in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. The Rev. Elmo F. Randolph officiated and burial was in Milton cemetery. Pallbearers were L. M. Van Horn, Charles Williams, Aaron Breitkreutz, Loyal Todd, K. A. Babcock and J. Leland Skaggs.
Mary Anna, daughter of Carlton and Mary Jane Dowse Crumb, was born Jan. 1, 1874. On June 13, 1899, She married Lester Maxson Babcock who was a practicing dentist in Milton many years. Four children were born to them, three of whom survive. Miss Ruth Babcock, Philadelphia, Mrs. N. C. Lyster, Pittsburgh, and Miss Helen Babcock, Waukesha. The son, Herbert Babcock, died in 1918. Dr. Babcock died about two years ago.
