Grandmother Ruby Backen who will be forever remembered by me as Sweeny Grandmother was a member of a kitchen band. My cousin and I recently came across a pair of Lawrence Welks spoons which belonged to her.
To read a newspaper about her band check out a copy of The Facts from Wednesday, April 12, 1978.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
New Posts Welcome!
Dear Backens,
Feel free to post pictures, stories and background about relatives of the Backen family here. Try to identify the people in your pictures and stories as clearly as possible so that everyone will know which Backen the story is about.
Feel free to post pictures, stories and background about relatives of the Backen family here. Try to identify the people in your pictures and stories as clearly as possible so that everyone will know which Backen the story is about.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
A story about Ruby Backen and her Best Friend Viola Reader
Grandmother Ruby Church Backen and he friend Viola Hood Reader were almost inseperable. I called Viola "Aunt" and loved her very much.
Karen Spiller shared this story with my father.
When the girls were in their teens. Viola Reader and her friends, Mary, Laura, and Ruby Backen, were sitting together at church one Sunday night. One of them passed a note that read,"Let's go to the cemetery after the service."
A man sitting behind them at the service read the note and beat them to the graveyard. He then hid behind a gravestone. When they came walking by he jumped out from behind the stone and scared them to death. Viola claimed that they ran all of the way home!
"Aunt" Viola passed away on Tuesday May 19th, 2009. So now the two friends are together again. They are both loved and Grandpa Roy Backen is with them too. He passed away while I was writing this note.
Karen Spiller shared this story with my father.
When the girls were in their teens. Viola Reader and her friends, Mary, Laura, and Ruby Backen, were sitting together at church one Sunday night. One of them passed a note that read,"Let's go to the cemetery after the service."
A man sitting behind them at the service read the note and beat them to the graveyard. He then hid behind a gravestone. When they came walking by he jumped out from behind the stone and scared them to death. Viola claimed that they ran all of the way home!
"Aunt" Viola passed away on Tuesday May 19th, 2009. So now the two friends are together again. They are both loved and Grandpa Roy Backen is with them too. He passed away while I was writing this note.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Pictures of Rodney and Terry Backen as infants
Pictures of Rodney and Terry Backen as infants.
Rod and Terry are the sons of Roy and Ruby Backen. These pictures are from the collection of the Roy Backen family.
Monday, June 2, 2008
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