Full Obituary

MYRTLE W. BABBITT, age 90, of Thorp, WI, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Our Lady of Victory Hospital, Stanley. Funeral services will be held at 1pm on Friday, November 21, 2014 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in Thorp, with Rev. Paul Bittner officiating. Burial will be held in East Thorp Cemetery at a later date. Pallbearers will be Grady Babbitt, Lance Babbitt, Jay Babbitt, Chris Bielecki, Cory Bielecki and Jimmie France. Visitation will be held at the church, on Friday, from 11am until time of service.
Myrtle Winifred Anderson was born in Forest Lake, MN on February 22, 1924, the daughter of Spencer and Mary (Johnson) Anderson. She was raised and educated in the Forest Lake area, graduating from Forest Lake High School in 1942. Myrtle was united in marriage to Allen G. Babbitt on May 6, 1943 at her parent's home in Forest Lake. They lived in Chicago until 1959, at which time they moved to Thorp, WI. They owned and operated Babbitt's Cafe and Teen Stop until her husband's death in 1968. She later worked as the manager of Ben Franklin Store in Thorp, and as a cook/waitress for Leon Pawlak at the Thorp Dairy Bar until its closing.
Myrtle served on Board of Directors for Thorp Housing Authority for many years.
She had many interests, but especially loved sewing, crocheting, knitting and wrote Morgan Plaza's weekly article for the Thorp Courier.
Myrtle is survived by 3 sons: Rick (Carol) Babbitt of Magnolia, TX, William (Ellen) Babbitt of Thorp, Tom Babbitt of Stanley; 11 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; 4 sisters: Shirley (Clayton) Moore of Wyoming, MN; Hazel Eiffler of Moose Lake, MN; Beatrice (Omer) Good of Clear Lake, IA; Alice (Rodney) Nowak of Black River Falls, WI; one brother: Wally (Gloria) Anderson of Forest Lake, MN; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Allen, in 1968; one son, James C. Babbitt, in 1991; and 2 sisters: Muriel Trenton and Marie Tozier.