Howard Wallace Backus, 68, of Grants Pass died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford.Viewing will be held Monday from 9 a.m. to noon at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A celebration of life will follow at 2 p.m. in Hull & Hull's chapel, with Brian Seagoe officiating. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens.He was born March 6, 1942, in Grants Pass to Wendell and Wanda Backus, and he grew up in Wonder. He attended Jerome Prairie School and then graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1960. In 1970, he married Phyllis Seagoe, who survives. For most of his life, he worked in Grants Pass plywood mills. He spent one year commercial fishing in Washington.He was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and the North American Hunting Club. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping with his wife and friends, playing his guitars and banjo and singing country music. He also enjoyed carpentry, reloading ammunition for hunting, writing stories about his hunting adventures, hunting for geodes, photography, reading and helping friends and family.In addition to his wife, survivors include his mother, Wanda Williams of Grants Pass; and two sisters, Judy Holland and Ruby Cochran, both of Grants Pass.
Howard Wallace Backus, 68, of Grants Pass died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford.Viewing will be held Monday from 9 a.m. to noon at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A celebration of life will follow at 2 p.m. in Hull & Hull's chapel, with Brian Seagoe officiating. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens.He was born March 6, 1942, in Grants Pass to Wendell and Wanda Backus, and he grew up in Wonder. He attended Jerome Prairie School and then graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1960. In 1970, he married Phyllis Seagoe, who survives. For most of his life, he worked in Grants Pass plywood mills. He spent one year commercial fishing in Washington.He was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and the North American Hunting Club. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping with his wife and friends, playing his guitars and banjo and singing country music. He also enjoyed carpentry, reloading ammunition for hunting, writing stories about his hunting adventures, hunting for geodes, photography, reading and helping friends and family.In addition to his wife, survivors include his mother, Wanda Williams of Grants Pass; and two sisters, Judy Holland and Ruby Cochran, both of Grants Pass.
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