Gene BACKUS, died 15 Nov 2000
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Gene BACKUS, died 15 Nov 2000
| Emmet County Genealogical Society (View posts) | Posted: 8 Dec 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: BACKUS, COVEYOU, MARKS, MATHEWS
Gene BACKUS
Gene BACKUS, born in Harbor Springs on Oct. 2, 1923, to Almeda MATHEWS and Dan BACKUS, died at his home, Islandia, in North Kohala, Hawaii, on Nov. 15, 2000.
Mr. BACKUS lived in Alaska since 1959 and was an author, poet, gold miner, entertainer and adventurer. In 1995, he moved to Hawaii.
He died of cancer at the age of 77 and is survived by 78 living descendants; 15 children, Princess of Peru, David, Pamela, Cynthia, Gene, Shannon, Patricia, Anita, Wendy and Jill, all of Alaska, Timothy of Denver, John of Minneapolis, Peter of Norfolk, Va., Daniel of Tampa, Fla., and Cari of Sinclair, Iowa; 45 grandchildren, including Jonathon and Terrance COVEYOU, of Petoskey; 17 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Gloria MARKS, of Florida. Mr. BACKUS was preceded in death by five brothers, Floyd, Robert, Leon, Charles and Kenneth.
Transcribed from the web edition of the "Petoskey News-Review ", a newspaper serving the Emmet Co., MI area.
Gene BACKUS, born in Harbor Springs on Oct. 2, 1923, to Almeda MATHEWS and Dan BACKUS, died at his home, Islandia, in North Kohala, Hawaii, on Nov. 15, 2000.
Mr. BACKUS lived in Alaska since 1959 and was an author, poet, gold miner, entertainer and adventurer. In 1995, he moved to Hawaii.
He died of cancer at the age of 77 and is survived by 78 living descendants; 15 children, Princess of Peru, David, Pamela, Cynthia, Gene, Shannon, Patricia, Anita, Wendy and Jill, all of Alaska, Timothy of Denver, John of Minneapolis, Peter of Norfolk, Va., Daniel of Tampa, Fla., and Cari of Sinclair, Iowa; 45 grandchildren, including Jonathon and Terrance COVEYOU, of Petoskey; 17 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Gloria MARKS, of Florida. Mr. BACKUS was preceded in death by five brothers, Floyd, Robert, Leon, Charles and Kenneth.
Transcribed from the web edition of the "Petoskey News-Review ", a newspaper serving the Emmet Co., MI area.