Arthur Kendrick Baebel

ARTHUR KENDRICK ("BUSTER") BAEBEL, passed away on June 6, 2005, in Houston, Texas at the age of 91. He was born August 19, 1913, in San Felipe, Texas to Frank and Hallie Munger Baebel. Mr. Baebel graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and was a Marketing Manager with Hughes Tool Company. He was a member of NOMADS, POPS, the Petroleum Club, the T Association, Quail Valley Country Club and of First United Methodist Church in Missouri City. Mr. Baebel is preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Ada Mae Baebel. He is survived by his daughter, Sheila Gaffney; his son, James Kendrick ("Ken") Baebel and wife Emilie; and his grandchildren, Andrea Gaffney, Lauren Gaffney, Beth Baebel and John Baebel. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Forest Park Westheimer Funeral Home, 12800 Westheimer Road, visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Entombment will follow in the Memorial Mission Mausoleum at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Parkway Place, 1321 Park Bayou in Houston, Texas. Rev. Arnold D. Petersen, Chaplain at Parkway Place, will officiate both services. In lieu of flowers and for those so desiring, memorials in honor of Mr. Baebel may be made to the American Heart Association.