Chester Alva Babcock

April 18, 1928 - February 12, 2016

Chester Alva Babcock passed away on February 12, 2016 at Desert Valley Hospital after a brief but valiant battle with pneumonia. Born in Oklahoma, Chester held a variety of jobs ranging from ranch-hand to supervisor at a paper mill. He frequently regaled his family and friends with stories of his youth in Oklahoma and Texas, from duck hunting with his father, to facing rustlers, and hunting for buried treasure. Chester eventually found his way to California where he lived the rest of his life in Lucerne Valley. He enjoyed animals and western movies and later in life found that he enjoyed Renaissance Faires. He was preceded in death by three wives and his three biological children. But he is survived by numerous grandchildren and the foster and adopted children be took in. Among his surviving family are his sons Jesse Schultz of Lucerne Valley and Cal Brownlow of Calhoun, Georgia. He is also survived by Cal’s wife Mary Brownlow. His sister-in-law Shane Fike of Lucerne Valley, and Michelle Babcock of Boise, Idaho. He will be dearly missed