Babette graduated from Northfield High School in 1981. She was a homemaker who enjoyed horseback riding, crossword puzzles, reading books, and word-finds. She also enjoyed her pepsi, candybars, crackers, and fudge rounds. Babette especially loved her kids and grandkids.
She is survived by three children, Jennifer (Aaron) Gillum, Elizabeth (Fred) Jordan, and Andrew Ziner, all of Wabash, nine grandchildren, Bryanna (Matthew) Egerton of Fort Benning, Georgia, Paig Smith and Piper Smith, both of Indianapolis, Christina Gillum, AJ Gillum, Brendon Jordan, Treyden Jordan, Aubreyanna Jordan, and Fredrique Jordan, all of Wabash, two half sisters, Amber (Chris) White and Sage Butzin, both of Wabash, and her step mother, Darlene Butzin of Roann, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her father, Richard C. Butzin, mother, Marcia Davis, two sisters, Kelly Butzin and Veronica Vrooman, and her fiance’, Larry Steve Music.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Jeff Porter officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 1-2 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
The memorial guest book for Babette may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.