Terry S. Babcock, age 45, died Sunday, March 26, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Methodist Campus after a battle with cancer.

He was born on November 11, 1971, in Canby, MN to Donald and Lois Yvonne (Juranek) Babcock. He grew up on a farm near Tyler, MN, where he enjoyed farming with his dad.

He graduated from RTR High School in Tyler, MN, in 1990.  Terry married Nicole Austin on March 12, 1994, in Rochester, Minnesota. For the next 23 years, they lived in and near Rochester where Terry designed and built custom homes. Terry also enjoyed traveling with his wife Nicole, sightseeing and visiting historic sites.

Terry loved the outdoors, animals and working with his hands. He was an active member of the Zumbro Valley congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and enjoyed teaching others about the Bible. He also enjoyed using his construction skills in the volunteer construction of many houses of worship for Jehovah's Witnesses and at their world headquarters in New York.

He will be dearly missed by his family, relatives and many close friends.

Terry is survived by his loving wife, Nicole; mother Lois Babcock or Rochester; brothers Darcy Jon Babcock of Benson, MN, and Marty Babcock of Mankato, MN; and sister Sheri (Kris) Berggren of Bloomington, MN, as well as aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Babcock.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 7 th at 2:00 p.m. at the Kahler Apache, 1517 16 th S treet SW, in Rochester.