Gloria Lynn (Bushnell) Babcock was born on the Bushnell family farm west of Speed, Kansas, on Dec. 16, 1934 to John Wellington Bushnell and Sarah Ellen (Eller) Bushnell.&nbsp; She passed away at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 at the age of 85 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gloria spent her early childhood and school years in Speed, Kirwin, Victoria, and Agra.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On Sept. 9, 1951 she married Donald Eugene Babcock in Kensington.&nbsp; They lived in and around the Phillipsburg area their entire married life.&nbsp; Don drove truck for Farmland Industries for several years and later became fully employed in the family farming business. Gloria was a homemaker, but also had jobs throughout the years as a waitress at Martha’s Café, store clerk with Rankin Drug, and secretary at High Plains Mental Health just prior to her retirement.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gloria was preceded in death by her parents, John and Sara Bushnell, a son, Gordon Eugene Babcock, grandson Bronson Phillip Babcock, and granddaughter Audra Lynn Babcock.&nbsp; Also preceding her in death were her oldest brother, Will Jr. Schalansky, his wife Elda, and two younger brothers, John Ray Bushnell and Earl F. Bushnell.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Survivors include her husband, Donald, of the home, daughter Donita Lynn Pemberton and husband, Jim, of Russell, son Gregory Alan Babcock and wife, Kim, of Phillipsburg; six grandchildren, Jared Pemberton and wife Terri, Russell; Jordan Pemberton and Shannon Ballenger, Wichita; Megan (Babcock) Irvine and husband Brian, Littleton, Colo.; Melissa (Babcock) DeWitt and husband Randy, Manhattan, Kan.; Grant Babcock and wife Megan, Littleton, Colo.; and Barrett Babcock, Russell; 10 great grandchildren, Evelyn and Alyson Pemberton and Sophia Ballenger, Wichita; Elijah, Ruby, and Tucker Irvine, Littleton, Colo.; Finley and Hadley DeWitt, Manhattan, Kan.; Wesley and Benjamin Babcock, Littleton, Colo.; Chandler Betts, Council Bluffs, Iowa.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Also surviving are sister, Ellen Adee, rural Phillipsburg, brothers Gary Eller, Colorado, and Warren Bushnell, Wilson, Kan., and sister-in-law Ann Bushnell, Phillipsburg, along with numerous nieces and nephews.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cremation is planned and a private memorial service and family gathering will be held to honor Gloria at a later date.&nbsp; In lieu of flowers or memorials, the family requests that condolences may be sent to her husband, Don, Phillipsburg, and/or her children, Donita, Russell, and Greg, Phillipsburg.&nbsp;