DR. JOHN ROBERT BABSON

BABSON, Dr. John Robert Former M.I.T. Post Doc and U.R.I. Pharmacy Professor, Was born in Newburyport, MA on February 22, 1949 to Kathleen Ann Fitzgerald (Babson) of Dublin, Ireland and John Burns Babson of Newburyport, MA. He was a noble, courageous and humorous friend who protected us all from the horrors and pain of the illness he lived with for over 5 years, which speaks volumes about who he was as a man. Beloved husband, brother, uncle, friend, colleague, and professor, Johnny Babson, died peacefully June 10th by the sea beside his wife in the simple victorian cottage that he redesigned after living with cancer for over five years. John is survived by his wife Diann Giroux; sister Colleen Babson, brother-in-law Roger Farrington, and niece Isabel Babson Farrington of Jamaica Plain, Ma.; sister Theresa Babson of Springvale, Me. and brother Brian Babson of Huntington Beach, Ca. At John's request there will be no services. He requested a burial at Sea on Pigeon Hill 42°45'605"N/ 70°13'161"W. For further obituary information and online condolences visit www.hobbsfuneralhome.com