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Lena Cornelius Backes

Birth: 9 Oct 1895
Bartonville, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Death: 8 Mar 1989 (aged 93)
Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Saint Josephs Cemetery

West Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.699949, Longitude: -89.6245527
Plot: Section 7 Block 14
Memorial ID: 69870333 View Source

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Joseph C. Backes

1893–1983 (m. 1919)

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