Online Obituaries Wednesday, October 13, 1999 October obits by date  October obits by name September obits by date  September obits by name Click here for today's obituaries    Lyla (Babel) Boock, 82, of New Ulm, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, at Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.    Services are 11 a.m. Thursday, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with burial to follow in the church cemetery.    Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Firle Funeral Home in New Ulm and continues one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.    She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Sharon Babel of Forest Lake, Tim and Esther Babel of New Ulm; eight grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Alice Dannheim.     She was preceded in death by both husbands; sister, Laverna Gerland; and brothers, Elmer and Erwin Hoffmann.    She was born Aug. 4, 1917, to Joseph and Ida (Gollnick) Hoffmann in Cairo Township, Renville County. She attended St, Paul's Lutheran School in New Ulm and graduated from New Ulm High School in 1936. She married James F. Babel in 1939. James died on Feb. 5,1980. She married Walter Boock in 1983. Walter died in 1993. She worked at Wearwell Garment Factory and Windings Inc. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, St Paul's Ladies Aid, Red Cross Auxiliary, Golden Agers, Juniors Pioneers, American Legion Auxiliary and New Ulm Garden Club. She volunteered at New Ulm Chamber of Commerce as a guide for bus tours. She also volunteered at Highland Manor and the New Ulm Medical Center coffee shop. She became a resident of Highland Manor in 1994.    Dorothy A. Ubel, 79, of rural New Ulm, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, at Lake Crystal Health Care Center in Lake Crystal.    Mass of Christian Burial is tentatively set for Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm with burial in the Catholic Cemetery in New Ulm.    Visitation is tentatively set for Thursday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. Times for service and visitation will appear in Thursday's edition.        Evelyn Slaybaugh, 81, of Sleepy Eye, formerly of New Ulm died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, at Sleepy Eye Care Center.    Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in New Ulm with burial to follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery.    Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today a Firle Funeral Home in New Ulm and one hour prior to services at the church. Orient Chapter No. 60 Order of the Eastern Star service will be held at 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.    She is survived by daughters, LaVonne Montgomery and her husband William of Kunkeltown, Penn., Geraldine Schwartz and her husband Norbert of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; son, Mike Slaybaugh and his wife Ronda of Dayton, Ohio; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Wilma Dunlap of Houston, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.    She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983 and an infant sister.    She was born Dec. 15, 1917, to Raymond and Cecelia Stuth in Buffalo, NY. As a child, she moved with her family to West Virginia and later to New Ulm, where she attended New Ulm High School. For several years, she worked as the records secretary at Union Hospital. She married Paul Slaybaugh on Nov. 8, 1947, in Plainview. They lived in New Ulm where she owned and operated the Mode-O-Day ladies apparel store. She became a resident of Sleepy Eye Care Center in 1996. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, its church circle and Ladies Aid. She belonged to Orient Chapter No. 60 Order of the Eastern Star and was past Worthy Matron. She was a member of the Shrine Auxiliary, Sioux Valley Hospital Auxiliary. She volunteered at the food shelf and for many other community groups.    Memorials are preferred.