March 1 1990 Valley News
Services for Muriel R. Backus, 88, of North
Jefferson St., Mexico, who died Sunday, Feb. 25, at Pontiac Nursing Home, Oswego, were held Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Harter-Olmstead Funeral Home. Spring burial will be in Mexico Village Cemetery. A native of Napanee, Ontario, Mrs.
Backus moved to the Minetto area in 1910 and
lived briefly in the Syracuse area before moving to Mexico in 1937. She was a stenographer and bookkeeper with the Mexico Lumber and Coal Co. and previously was employed with O.K. Manufacturers of
Oswego. Her husband, Jay, died in 1957. Mrs. Backus was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Mexico and a life member and past matron of Victoria Chapter 205, OES. She also was a member of the New Century Club of Mexico and served as a Girl Scout leader in Mexico for many years. Surviving are three sisters, Luella Fadden
and Iolene Uings, both of Minetto, and Lois
Smith of Oswego; a brother, Carl Rombough of Miami; and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Muriel R. Backus, 88, of North
Jefferson St., Mexico, who died Sunday, Feb. 25, at Pontiac Nursing Home, Oswego, were held Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Harter-Olmstead Funeral Home. Spring burial will be in Mexico Village Cemetery. A native of Napanee, Ontario, Mrs.
Backus moved to the Minetto area in 1910 and
lived briefly in the Syracuse area before moving to Mexico in 1937. She was a stenographer and bookkeeper with the Mexico Lumber and Coal Co. and previously was employed with O.K. Manufacturers of
Oswego. Her husband, Jay, died in 1957. Mrs. Backus was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Mexico and a life member and past matron of Victoria Chapter 205, OES. She also was a member of the New Century Club of Mexico and served as a Girl Scout leader in Mexico for many years. Surviving are three sisters, Luella Fadden
and Iolene Uings, both of Minetto, and Lois
Smith of Oswego; a brother, Carl Rombough of Miami; and several nieces and nephews.
March 1 1990 Valley News
Services for Muriel R. Backus, 88, of North
Jefferson St., Mexico, who died Sunday, Feb. 25, at Pontiac Nursing Home, Oswego, were held Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Harter-Olmstead Funeral Home. Spring burial will be in Mexico Village Cemetery. A native of Napanee, Ontario, Mrs.
Backus moved to the Minetto area in 1910 and
lived briefly in the Syracuse area before moving to Mexico in 1937. She was a stenographer and bookkeeper with the Mexico Lumber and Coal Co. and previously was employed with O.K. Manufacturers of
Oswego. Her husband, Jay, died in 1957. Mrs. Backus was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Mexico and a life member and past matron of Victoria Chapter 205, OES. She also was a member of the New Century Club of Mexico and served as a Girl Scout leader in Mexico for many years. Surviving are three sisters, Luella Fadden
and Iolene Uings, both of Minetto, and Lois
Smith of Oswego; a brother, Carl Rombough of Miami; and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Muriel R. Backus, 88, of North
Jefferson St., Mexico, who died Sunday, Feb. 25, at Pontiac Nursing Home, Oswego, were held Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Harter-Olmstead Funeral Home. Spring burial will be in Mexico Village Cemetery. A native of Napanee, Ontario, Mrs.
Backus moved to the Minetto area in 1910 and
lived briefly in the Syracuse area before moving to Mexico in 1937. She was a stenographer and bookkeeper with the Mexico Lumber and Coal Co. and previously was employed with O.K. Manufacturers of
Oswego. Her husband, Jay, died in 1957. Mrs. Backus was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Mexico and a life member and past matron of Victoria Chapter 205, OES. She also was a member of the New Century Club of Mexico and served as a Girl Scout leader in Mexico for many years. Surviving are three sisters, Luella Fadden
and Iolene Uings, both of Minetto, and Lois
Smith of Oswego; a brother, Carl Rombough of Miami; and several nieces and nephews.
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