Mae Baber, whose columns appeared in Iron-Men Album for many
years, died Friday, April 21, at St. Agnes Hospital, Waupun.
Mrs. Baber, wife of Alfred Baber, covered many subjects in her
writing for I.M.A., and she will be missed by the many readers who
looked forward to what she had to say about life and living.
She became an I.M.A. contributor during the editor-publisher
closely with Anna May Branyan, publication manager, mailing her
articles to Anna Mae in Enola.
The following obituary was submitted by Alfred Baber:
She was born September 28, 1910, in the town of Waupun, a
daughter of John and Maggie DeRoo Tjepkema. She was married to
Alfred Baber on February 1, 1933, in Mount Hebron.
She attended Maple Dale School in the Town of Waupun and was a
past member of the School Board. She was a member of Bethel
Reformed Church in Brandon and was active in the Ladies Guild at
the church. She was a member of the Waupun Christian Home
Auxiliary, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, National Fellowship of
Poets and Pen rock Writers of Waupun.
Survivors include her husband; four sons, Paul of San Diego,
California; the Rev. James of Woodstown, New Jersey; John of
Carney’s Point, New Jersey, and Daniel of Route 2, Brandon; two
daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Virginia) Miller of DeSoto, Kansas, and
Mrs. Thomas (Mary) Harmann of Sturtevant; 12 grandchildren; and
three sisters, Mrs. Jacob (Susie) Wallendal of Zephyr Hills,
Florida, Mrs. Edith Rucks of Melbourne, Florida, and Mrs. Richard
(Margaret) Loomans of Arizona.
Funeral services for Mrs. Baber were held at Bethel Reformed
Church in Brandon with the Rev. Wilmer VerMeer officiating. Burial
was in Wedges Prairie Cemetery, Ladoga.
