Obit: Backa, Carl C. (1864 – 1938)
Surnames: Backa, Laerum, Schultz, Rodgers Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 08/25/1938 Backa, Carl C. (24 JUN 1864 – 25 AUG 1938) Carl C. Backa, 74-year-oldtimer resident in this community (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.), passed away at his home early this morning after an illness of two years. Carl was born June 24, 1864, at Holmstrand near Oslo, Norway. From the time of his confirmation until 1895 he was a sailor. On Dec. 29, 1893, he married Miss Aneta K. Laerum. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Backa and family moved from Norway to America, where they came to Owen and settled for a year until 1904, when they moved onto a farm near Black River, west of Owen, where they resided until 1919. At that time Mr. Backa and his family moved to Rio Hondo in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where they lived for ten years before returning to their present farm home west of Owen. Mr. Backa had been in poor health for the past two years, suffering from a stomach ailment. Mr. Backa is survived by his wife and children, Mrs. Lewis Schulz and Christian Backa of Withee; Arndt Backa of Pittsburgh, Pa; Mrs. Joe Rodgers of Stetsonville, and Mathilda Backa of Milwaukee, also by a brother in New York and three sisters of Oslo, Norway, and eleven grandchildren. Definite funeral arrangements were not completed at the time of this writing, although services will be held from the Emmanuel Lutheran Church at Longwood. |
|
**This Clark Co., WI Internet Library, ALHN & AHGP website is dedicated to the free sharing of information by researchers, local historians, genealogists and educators. Because of our non-profit status, submissions are not to be used for profiteering of any kind. Our representatives cannot accept gratuities beyond the basic expenses (i.e. postage, copying, courthouse or rental fees) for obtaining requested information. We reserve the right to ban the involvement of anyone who intentionally disregards these policies. Please show your appreciation for this database by Becoming a Clark County History Buff or making a contribution to our Support Fund and Perpetual Preservation Account to help keep this Clark Co., WI database freely available on the World Wide Web and free from commercial enterprise.
*** This copyrighted Clark Co., Wis. genealogy and history material is used by permission of the submitters. Contact us if anyone is using this data inappropriately. It may not be copied and posted to any commercial/.com genealogy sites such as Genealogy Trails, Family Tree Maker or the merged companies Ancestry.Com/RootsWeb/MyFamily or sold for profit.
This page is a part of the Clark County, WI Internet Library Project Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. ~~The Clark Co., Wisconsin History Buffs maintain these pages in support of Free On-line History & Genealogy~~
|