Garnet June Babbitt

She was born to Lewis S. and Mabel A. (Templeman) Petersen on June 17, 1926 on a farm northeast of Royal, Iowa. She was baptized in the Swedish Lutheran Church in the country near Royal, and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. She attended Lincoln and Riverton Township country schools and graduated early from Spencer High School in Spencer, Iowa in 1944. She was married for 3 years to a wonderful soldier during the WW II years. Then she was married for 29 years to T/Sgt Harold E. Babbitt. They met and married in Omaha, Nebraska and shared an adventurous life, traveling and working together. Garnet retired from Civil Service after 31 years. Garnet has been an active member of Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church (northwest of Fremont). She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the VFW Auxiliary for over 35 years and the 40 & 8 Auxiliary for more than 30 years. She was also a member of the Fleet Reserve for over 29 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Harold, little sister Fern Marilyn Petersen, sisters Verle Prather and Violet Petersen, brother Everitt Sherman, grandson Jason M. Nelson, and son-in-law David W. Nelson. Surviving: daughters Nola Nelson of Terril, Iowa and friend Willard Klingenberg, and Julie Babbitt of Tempe, Ariz., son Harold Babbitt of Sydney, Australia, grandson Clint Nelson & family of Spencer, Iowa, granddaughter Kristi Kautzman of Terril, Iowa, and great grandsons Thor Logan Kautzman and Lucas T. Nelson, sisters Ruby F. Hahn and Leta M. Hahn, both of Nickerson, brother Lewis H. Petersen and wife Patricia of Worthington, MN. and many other relatives and friends. The funeral service will be 10 AM Thursday (Nov. 1st) at Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church (northwest of Fremont). There is no visitation at the mortuary. Visitation will be at the church Thursday morning beginning at 9 AM. The committal will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Iowa at 4 PM.