Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Backing, Fred T. 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mransom311@gmail.com June 10, 2015, 6:28 pm The Greenville Daily News, Thursday, July 24, 2014 Fred L. Backing, 87, of Belding, died Monday evening, July 21, 2014 at Metron of Belding nursing home. Fred was born on March 19, 1927 in Manistee, the son of Fred A. and Evelyn (Lemmer) Backing. Fred grew up in the Free Soil area and graduated from Free Soil High School with the Class of 1945. He was a past member of the Knights of Columbus and enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. He is loved and survived by his wife Doris Ann (Dufon) Backing and their children; Mark Backing, Morris Backing both of Grand Rapids, Marwood (Cindy) Backing of Belding, Mary (Fred) Barr of Saranac, Kathy (Rick) Hysell of Lowell, George (Vickie) Backing of Middleville and Leonard Backing of Belding and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Marlene. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Friday, July 25, 2014 at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding with Father Darrel Kempf presiding. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Interment will be in St. John Cantius Cemetery, Free Soil. Memorial contributions may be given to St. Joseph/St. Mary Catholic Church or St. John Cantius Church in Free Soil. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/backing30764nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb