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July 20, 1908 — April 15, 2009
Hortense A. BACKES
Davenport, Iowa
The funeral Mass for Hortense A. Backes, 100, a
resident of the Kahl Home for the Aged in Davenport, was
celebrated Friday, April 17, 2009, at 11:15 a.m. in the
Kahl Home Chapel. Hortense passed away Wednesday, April
15, 2009, at the Kahl Home. Burial will be in the family
plot at Carolina Memorial Gardens in North Charleston,
South Carolina. Halligan McCabe DeVries Funeral Home is
assisting the family with local arrangements.
Hortense Anna Backes was born July 20, 1908, in
Athens, Wisconsin, a daughter of John Baptist and Anna (Vrankes)
Backes. She grew up on the family farm in Athens until
moving to Charleston, South Carolina, where she worked
in purchasing and accounting for the U.S. Navy, from
which she retired in 1969 after 28 years of service. She
then taught in a Catholic elementary school prior to her
move in 1976 to Longmont, Colorado. She lived her
Christian faith as a caregiver to others, as a longtime
member of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St.
John the Baptist Catholic Church in Longmont and the
Kahl Home Chapel in Davenport.
Survivors include her brother, Carl Backes Sr. and
his wife Jacqueline of Star Valley, AZ; her nephews,
Carl Backes Jr. and his wife Connie of Loveland, CO, and
John Backes and his wife
Patricia of Seattle, WA; her niece, Mary Backes and her
husband Frank Kurtyka of Fort Collins, CO; seven
great-nieces and great-nephews; and three
great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.
Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed
by visiting Hortense’s obituary at
www.hmdfuneralhome.com. |
