BACKES OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BACKES, Martha Viola CRIST 1917 - 1994

Martha Viola Backes, 77 of Clinton, died Saturday, April 30, 1994, at the Golden 
Valley Memorial Hospital in Clinton after a short illness. She had lived for 43 
years in Henry County, moving here from Watonga, Ok. in 1951. Mrs. Backes was 
born in Los Angeles, Ca., on February 17, 1917, the daughter of Rhoda Ann Roach 
Crist and Harry C. Crist. On April 22, 1933, she was married to Lewis Joseph 
Backes. Five children were born to this union. She is survived by her three 
daughters. Mrs. Kenneth (Martha) Dody of Deepwater, Mrs. Lou (Rose) McVey of 
Independence, and Mrs. Jerry (Barbara) Shaw of Acworth, Ga.; three 
granddaughters, Mrs. Bill (Patsy) Smith and Mrs. Jimmie (Betty) Scott, both of 
Clinton, and Miss Juanita McVey of Independence: one grandson. Louie McVey II of 
Independence; three great-grandchildren, Kenny and Emilie Scott and Caleb Smith, 
all of Clinton. Besides her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by 
two sons, one as an infant, Joseph Henry, and Robert Joseph (Bob) Backes. She 
was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Martha will be greatly missed by 
her family and friends. Funeral services were held at the Sickman and Dunning 
Chapel on Tuesday, May 3, 1994, at 11 a.m. with the Reverend Rolf Leed 
officiating. Pallbearers were Bill Smith, Jimmie Scott, Harold Dody, Wayne 
Hehner, Pat McGinness, and Don Kiefer. Honorary pallbearers were Louis McVey II 
and Mike Thompson. Burial was in the Englewood Cemetery in Clinton.

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