Merna Caroline (VanHorn) Babcock, age 90, was born to Lloyd and Clara Maude VanHorn on August 30, 1927 in North Loup, Nebraska. She passed away on July 4, 2018 at her home in El Dorado Springs, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd Orell VanHorn and Clara Maude VanHorn; husband, Allen Rodney Babcock; brothers Lyle VanHorn, Merlyn VanHorn & Harold VanHorn; sisters, Ruby Meyer and Muriel VanHorn; two grandchildren Micah Babcock and Heather Dawn Babcock.
Merna is survived by her brothers, Leland VanHorn of Iowa and Carroll VanHorn of West Virginia; two sons, Roger A. Babcock and Donald J. Babcock; two daughters, Shirley D. Coutier and Teresa M. Rash; twelve grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren.
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