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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11270
Title: Leona R. Backer
Date: 1917 - 2007
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Inscription/Marks: 6/16/1917
Summary: Leona Backer, 89 of Jamestown, ND died at Hi-Manor Nursing Center, Jamestown, ND on Saturday, March 24, 2007. Leona Rose Packzowski was born on June 16, 1917 on the family farm near Kensal, ND the daughter of Stanley and Mary (Kulla) Packzowski. She was raised on the farm and attended Nogosek Township School. Leona and Elmer ‘Dick’ Backer were married on November 17, 1937 at St. John’s Catholic Church, Kensal, ND. Following their marriage they farmed near Wimbledon and later purchased a farm near Courtenay, ND. Dick died on August 6, 1970. Leona continued to live on the farm until she moved into Jamestown in 1980. Survivors include 2 daughters, Diane (Roger) Hoggarth, Bismarck, ND and Glenda Backer, Minneapolis, MN; 5 sons, Bernard (Teresa), Fargo, ND, Benjamin (Sharla), Castle Rock, CO, Kenneth, Courtenay, ND, Dale (Susan), Courtenay, ND and Elden (Debra) Jamestown, ND; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Louise (Edward) Duerr, Lidgerwood, ND, Grace (Casimer) Marko, Elk Grove, CA and Florence (James) McCracken, Canoga Park, CA; and 3 brothers, Michael (Gerry) Packzowski, Cayuga, ND, Peter (Eleanor) Packzowski, Moorhead, MN and Leo Packzowski, Watertown, SD. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Beverly, sisters Caroline and Birdella and brother, Archie. Leona was a member of The Basilica Of St. James, Jamestown, ND, St. James Tabernacle Society, the 17’ers and the Corrine Homemakers. She also enjoyed bowling. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at The Basilica of St. James, Father Al Bitz officiated, with burial and Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown.
Red ID: FND_I_62034 Image ID: 523673 Image Notes: FND001 11270

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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