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Family Honor H W Babcock Surprise Birthday Dinner
Herman W Babcock was honored at a Sunday April 12 surprise dinner at Farwell Methodist Church hosted by his eight children and thirty one grandchildren. A three tier cake with 70 pink roses made by daughter Mrs William Worthing of Flint drew praise, with gifts including an aluminum tool from descendants. Oration and poems followed the service with relatives from Farwell Mt Morris Flint Detroit Perrinton and Lake Fenton in attendance.
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Herman W. Babcock
Farwell Methodist Church
William Worthing
Flint
James Serven
Herman’s
Farwell
Mt. Morris
Detroit
Perrinton
Lake Fenton
Ed Smedley
Fred Yoder
Lansing
Rufus Brasington
Edmore
Lester Halsteads
Smedleys
Tony Morris
James King
Lake George
Jay King
J.R. Cokers
Gladwin
Earl Coker
Frank
Vern Funnel
Raymond Kaber
Muskegon
Robert Perry
Jack Rodgers
Nellie Fordyce
Bernice Cook
Claud Fordyce
Florida
Gaylord Fordyce
Blanchard
Martha Irwin
Elsie
Bill Wild
Blanche Lucy
Clare
Alma Perry
Stuart Graham
William Graham
Church of Christ
Midland
John Ireland
Richard Perry
Don Ferguson
Darlene Smith
Wilbur Fletcher
Lawrence Kadwell
Ewart
Bud Loomis
Roy Shear
Gypson Mines
Alabaster
Tawas
Jesse Wood
Herschel Reiss Sr
Thomas Brooks
Art Brock
Ivy
James Brooks
Don Luce
East Lansing
Rena Brasington
Richard Ormiston
Rosebush
Donald Arts
Darwin
New Buffalo
Homer Rodgers
Roy Cummins
Scott Kelly
Pontiac
Mattie Jackson
Lottie Bates
Emily Irwin
Gladys Bates
William Ingraham
Bertha Colosky
Leo Martin
John Pierce
Saginaw
Norman Kolenda
George Coffey
Herma Lubcock
Wayne Davis
Sandra Corendahl
Carl Sangies
Charles Cotterman
Glenn Powell
George Hall
John Bedard