Family Group Record for Percy F Babione and Edith Celeste Miller




Husband Percy F Babione [1][2]

Born:05/25/1903 - Sheridan County, Wyoming [2]
Christened:
Died:07/10/1974 - Benton County, Oregon [2]
Buried:Philomath, Benton, Oregon [2] PIC
Marriage:10/11/1948 - Corvallis, Benton, Oregon [1][9]

Wife Edith Celeste Miller [3][4][5][6][7][8][1][9][10]

Born:10/11/1898 - Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Christened:
Died:07/25/1983 - Corvallis, Benton, Oregon [9][10]
Buried:07/29/1983 - Philomath, Benton, Oregon [9][10] PIC
Father:Edward Charles Miller
Mother:Frances A Blake
Other Spouse: Charles Carl Fritze[11][12]

Events and Facts
1. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa with her parents at her grandparent's house. [3]
2. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/15/1910 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa with her parents. [4]
3. She appeared on the US Federal census on 01/01/1920 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa with her family. [5]
4. She appeared on the Iowa State census on 01/01/1925 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa with her family. [6]
5. She was educated through the 9th grade on 01/01/1925 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa . [6]
6. She was Protestant on 01/01/1925 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa . [6]
7. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1930 in Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa with her family. [7]
8. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1940 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa with her family. [8]
9. She was educated through the 1st year of high school on 04/01/1940 in Riverton, Floyd, Iowa . [8]
10. Her obituary was published in the Corvallis Gazette-Times on 07/26/1983 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon. [9]PIC

Edith C Babione

Edith C. Babione, 84, a long-time resident of the Philomath area and mother of eleven children, died Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Graveside services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Mt. Union Cemetery with Rev. Daniel Adams officiating McHenry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Babione, Star Route 2, Philomath, was born Oct. 11, 1898, at Nashua, Iowa, where she was reared and received her schooling. In 1916, she married Frank Fritze in Iowa, where they made their home for many years. She later lived in Wyoming and South Dakota and came to Oregon in 1948.

She married Percy F Babione Oct. 11, 1948, in Corvallis. The couple took up residence at the Star Route 2 home. Mr. Babione died Jult 10, 1974.

Mrs. Babione was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and active in Philomath Senior Citizens.

She is survived by two sons, Roy Fritze of Nashua, and Charlie Fritze of Minneapolis, Minn.; six daughters, Frances Baur and Nadine Pierce of Nashua, Arlene Fritze of Ionia, Iowa, Roma Springer of Anoka, Minn., Yvonne Pearce of Mondale, Iowa, Dolores Ernst of Solon, Iowa; 30 grandchildren and 69 great-grandchildren. Two sons and a daughter preceded her in death.


Sources

1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Oregon Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009, Benton County certificate, Percy Babione and Edith Fritze; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2000 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/13/2021); citing State of Oregon, Oregon Marriage Index 1906-1924, 1946-2008, Oregon Health Division, Center for Health Statistics, Oregon State Library, Portland, Oregon [Surety: 3].
2. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Percy F Babione (#21403574); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 01/13/2021) [Surety: 3].
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 93, Riverton, Floyd, IA, sheet 2A, dwelling 23, family 23, line 23, Miller, Edith C; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 06/14/2016); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 431 [Surety: 3].
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1910 United States Federal Census, ED 110, Riverton, Floyd, IA, sheet 2A, dwelling 30, family 30, line 42, Miller, Edith C; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2006 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 06/14/2016); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T624 (1178 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 402 [Surety: 3].
5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1920 United States Federal Census, ED 235, Riverton, Floyd, IA, sheet 3A, dwelling 52, family 52, line 17, Fritze, Edith C; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/25/2016); citing Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T625 (2076 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 490 [Surety: 3].
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Iowa State Census Collection 1836-1925, 1925, Riverton, Floyd, IA, page 26, line 41, Fritze, Edith; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 06/02/2016); citing Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa State Census microfilm via Heritage Quest [Surety: 3].
7. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1930 United States Federal Census, ED 19-2, Bradford, Chickasaw, IA, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, line 18, Fritze, Edith; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/25/2016); citing Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T626 (2667 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 648, image 330 [Surety: 3].
8. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1940 United States Federal Census, ED 34-11, Riverton, Floyd, IA, sheet 2A, household 26, line 18, Fritze, Edith C; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2012 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/25/2016); citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T627 (4643 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1161 [Surety: 3].
9. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-Current, Edith C Babione; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2019 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/13/2021); citing /Newspapers.com/, Corvallis Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon, 07/26/1983, page 10, col 4-5, Edith C Babione [Surety: 3].
10. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Edith Celeste (Miller) (Fritze) Babione (#21403573); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 09/30/2025) [Surety: 3].
11. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Iowa Marriage Records 1880-1949, vol 474, page 26, no 11, Chas Fritze and Edith Miller; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2014 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/26/2016); citing Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa Marriage Records 1880-1922, Textual Records, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa [Surety: 3].
12. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1930 United States Federal Census, ED 19-2, Bradford, Chickasaw, IA, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, line 17, Fritze, Charley; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/25/2016); citing Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T626 (2667 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 648, image 330 [Surety: 3].


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