Everett G. "Babe" Baron

Everett Gust "Babe"  Baron, 77 of International Falls, MN passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 with his loving family by his side, after a short battle with cancer.

Babe was born on April 12, 1939 to the late John and Florence "Tootsie" (Kittelson) Baron Sr. in International Falls. He graduated from the Falls High School in 1957, where he excelled in football.  In April of 2017 Babe's High School football team will be inducted into the Bronco Hall of Fame. On graduation evening he started his career at Boise Cascade where he worked for over 28 years until the layoffs of the insulite shut down.  Babe started Baron Furniture Stripping as his side hobby and did it for many years. He then worked  for  Arrowhead Transit driving bus where he drove until retirement.  During his years of driving bus he was nominated and won the citizen of the year for International Falls in 2001.

In 1959 Babe was united in marriage to June Stone and they were married for 25 years. They were blessed with 3 beautiful and caring children Kristine, Michael and Julie.

Babe loved spending his time with his family and friends. He loved hunting, fishing, cribbage, Texas "Holdem", steel darts and gathering times with his family. He liked gardening and canning.  He loved to take spur of the moment trips to the casino to test his luck. Babe was an avid sports watcher of the MN Twins, Vikings and MN Wild. Babe's most favorite time was just going to his happy place-the shack whether by himself or family and friends. He especially enjoyed times at the shack watching his kids and grandkids shoot there 1 ^st bird/deer. The smile on Babe's face  was always big and contagious to everyone around him. He had a great sense of humor that made everyone laugh, especially when he would say one of his many Babe Baron Quotes. "You Better Believe It." Babe took comfort in reading the Bible and had his own strong faith in the Lord. It was his way Babe loved life. He especially treasured his family.

He is preceded in death by his parents, a granddaughter, Amanda Baron; sister, Linda Ohlquist; brother in-law, Lee Benedix; and nephew, Ken Mackenzie.

Babe is survived by the mother of his children and close friend June Baron; 3 children: Kristine (Danny) Everett, Michael (Donna) Baron and Julie (Bob) Mannausau; 1 brother, John "Sonny" (Yvonne) Baron Jr.; 3 sisters, Judy (Gene) Pierce, Janice (Don) Heppner Sr., and Connie (Leonard) Clark, all of Int'l Falls; 8 grandchildren: Lynde (Brad) Mettler, Paul (Danielle) Taylor, Dana Taylor, Laura (James) Hilliard, Kristopher (Melissa) Mannausau, Jon (Jenesa) Balaski, Andrew (Courtney) Mannausau and Ashley (Ethan) Baron; 13 great-grandchildren: Cody (Ashlee) Mettler, Madison (James) Mettler, Gavin Loveless, Noah Hilliard, Parker Mannausau, Blair Mannausau, Aunnaka Baron, Ava Firth, Will, Nathan, Bentley, Luke John and Marshal Taylor; brother-in-law Maurice "Red" Ohlquist Sr.; special friend Lana Frahm and her family;  along with many other special extended family and friends.

SERVICE: Funeral services will be held at 11:00am, Monday, April 3, 2017 at Evangelical Covenant Church in International Falls. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Rev. Ed Natysin will be the officiant. The casket bearers will be nephews – Allen Baron, Don Heppner Jr., John Heppner, Rodney Heppner, Vance Benedix, Cory Benedix, and Noel Hoppe Jr.  The alternate bearers will be Josh, Jade and John Baron.   Burial will be held at the Reedy Riverview Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to the family.