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     James Norman Backstrom married Merry Carole Towle, daughter of Ellsworth Merton Towle and Dorothy Gustava Johnson, on 6 August 1977 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota.

     Ruth Anna Bacon was born on 17 March 1809 at Genoa, Cayuga Co., New York.¹ She married Peter Hanmer. Ruth Anna Bacon died on 24 December 1886 at age 77.¹ Her Ancestral File Number is RGLJ-0S.

     Timothy Baer married Wendy Joanne Harn, daughter of Edwin Willard Harn and Dorothy Elaine Henry.¹

     Andrea Juliene Bailey married Daniel Phillip Hearn, son of Stanley Gordon Hearn and Barbara Udall, circa 2004 at New Mexico.^2,1

     Bonnie J. Baker married Gerald Matthew Osenbrock, son of Jerry Oliver Houser and Patricia Jeanne Chapman, on 6 April 1978 at Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington.

     Diane Baker is the daughter of John Stephen Baker and Loretta Gloria Seamons. Diane Baker married Raymond Barnhart.

     Dolph Baker married Marguerite Roy.¹

     Harriett Baker married Joshua Spurrier.

     John Baker is the son of John Stephen Baker and Loretta Gloria Seamons.

     John Stephen Baker married Loretta Gloria Seamons, daughter of James Harold Seamons and Gladys Irene Harn.

     Joyce Baker is the daughter of John Stephen Baker and Loretta Gloria Seamons. Joyce Baker married Elliott Chotas.

     Linda Gail Baker was born on 15 November 1949 at Dearborn, Wayne Co., Michigan. She was the daughter of John Stephen Baker and Loretta Gloria Seamons. Linda Gail Baker died on 15 January 1950 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.

     Mae Baker married Ronald S. Cholowsky, son of Stephen Cholowsky and Doris Marie Hillick, on 27 February 1960 at New York.¹

     Richard Baker is the son of John Stephen Baker and Loretta Gloria Seamons.

     Sharon Baker is the daughter of John Stephen Baker and Loretta Gloria Seamons.

     Shirley Baker is the daughter of John Stephen Baker and Loretta Gloria Seamons. Shirley Baker married male Domanski.

     Thomas E. Baker was born on 3 July 1929 at Clayton, Adams Co., Illinois.^2,3 He was the son of Dolph Baker and Marguerite Roy.² Thomas E. Baker married Doris Irene Harn, daughter of Onzelo Gene Harn and Anna Bell Ackerson, on 2 August 1982 at Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois.^1,2 Thomas E. Baker died on 27 July 2010 at Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois, at age 81.^2,1,3

RUSHVILLE, IL - Thomas E. "Tom" Baker, 81, of Rushville passed away at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.

He was born on July 3, 1929, in Clayton, Ill., the son of the late Dolph and Marguerite (Roy) Baker. He married Doris Harn on Aug. 2, 1982, in Rushville, and she survives.

Also surviving are three stepsons, Marvin Hammack and wife Sue Ann of Bader, David Hammack and wife Juanita of Astoria and Raymond Hammack of Springfield, 12 step grandchildren, one step great grandchild and several cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother W. Roger Baker, stepson Timothy Hollis and a step granddaughter.

A US Army veteran of the Korean conflict, Tom was a saw operator at the Clayton Mark Foundry in Vermont for over 40 years, retiring in 1989. He was a member of the Carroll Rankin Post #26 American Legion in Vermont. He enjoyed trading cars, always driving Fords.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville. Interment will follow in the Palm Cemetery, west of Rushville, with military honors. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Wood Funeral Home.
Memorials are suggested to the Carroll Rankin Post 26, American Legion.² He was buried on 31 July 2010 at Palm Cemetery, Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois.³

     W. Roger Baker was the son of Dolph Baker and Marguerite Roy.¹

     Jean Ball married Kenneth Warfel Egbert, son of Samuel Joseph Egbert and Charlotte Maxine Warfel, on 15 October 1949 at Tulare Co., California.

     Danna D. Ballou was born on 28 June 1908 at Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington.¹ She was the daughter of Ralph Danna Ballou and Rebecca J. Mustard.¹ Danna D. Ballou died on 24 October 1979 at Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington, at age 71.¹

     Nettie Irene Ballou was born on 4 November 1905 at Buckley, Pierce Co., Washington.^3,4 Nettie Irene Ballou was a Housewife. She was the daughter of Ralph Danna Ballou and Rebecca J. Mustard.⁵ Nettie Irene Ballou married Albert Charles Houser, son of Albert Carl Houser Sr. and Catherine A. Sklenar, on 7 January 1924 at Seattle, King Co., Washington.⁶ Her Social Security Number was 535-34-8644, issued in Washington in 1954, lists residence as Tacoma. Nettie Irene Ballou died on 7 February 1973 at Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, at age 67.⁴ She was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington.⁷

     Ralph Danna Ballou was born on 3 March 1883 at Neillsville, Clark Co., Wisconsin.¹ He married Rebecca J. Mustard.¹ Ralph Danna Ballou died on 6 October 1953 at Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, at age 70.¹

     Ray Milton Balyeat married Katherine Koontz. SOURCE: Louise Harn Letter 14Jan1995.

     Susan Ann Balyeat is the daughter of Ray Milton Balyeat and Katherine Koontz. Susan Ann Balyeat married William Robert Harn Sr., son of John Robert Harn and Nancy Louise Perry, on 26 May 1972 at Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma.³

     Cherie Lynn Bambenek is the daughter of Michael Frederick Bambenek and Nancy Carol Moen. Cherie Lynn Bambenek married Ronald Todd Nelson, son of Ronald George Nelson and June Jeanette Banick, on 22 October 1988 at St. Mary 's Church, Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota.

     Michael Frederick Bambenek married Nancy Carol Moen.

     Charles F. Bang was born circa 1875 at Minnesota info from 1930 Minnesota Census. He married Clara Kolshorn circa 1907.

     Myrtle Bernice Bang was born on 26 September 1906 at Featherstone Twsp., Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Charles F. Bang and Clara Kolshorn. Myrtle Bernice Bang was born circa 1907 at Minnesota info from 1930 Minnesota Census. She died on 9 March 2000 at Goodhue Co., Minnesota, at age 93.¹

     Ruth Katherine Bang was born on 20 March 1912 at Featherstone Twsp., Goodhue Co., Minnesota.^1,2 She was the daughter of Charles F. Bang and Clara Kolshorn. Ruth Katherine Bang graduated in 1929 at Central High School, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹ She died on 20 March 2012 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park Nursing Home, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota, at age 100.^1,2

Obituary for Ruth Bang:

Ruth Katherine Bang, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, March 20, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park on her 100th birthday.

She was born in 1912, in Featherstone Township, the daughter of Charles and Clara (Kolshorn) Bang. She attended rural school District #20 in Hay Creek and graduated from Red Wing Central High in 1929, and from the Junior College of Red Wing Seminary as well as St. Olaf College. She also attended one year of graduate school at the University of Iowa. She worked for 35 ½ years in the home office of Bankers Life Company, now Principal Financial Group, in Des Moines, Iowa.

After retirement, she returned to Red Wing in February of 1974. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Chapter P of PEO. She enjoyed traveling, picnics and nature-especially outings looking for wild flowers, eagles and migrating swans and geese.

She is survived by her nephew and nieces, Larry (Carol) Perkins of Red Wing, Rhoda (Marlyn) Rusch of Hollister, Mo., and Carol (Vern) Draheim of Bricelyn and many grand and great-grand nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Myrtle Bang and Vivian Perkins and two infant brothers.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Visitation will be for 1 hour prior to the service. A private family burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Memorials preferred to the church.¹ She was buried on 24 March 2012 at Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.^1,2

     Vivian Dorothy Bang was born circa 1909 at Minnesota In 1997, the tombstone at Hope Cemetery. for Vivian, lists '1909 - '. She was born on 2 November 1909 at Featherstone Twsp., Goodhue Co., Minnesota.^1,2 She was the daughter of Charles F. Bang and Clara Kolshorn. Vivian Dorothy Bang graduated in 1927 at Red Wing Central High School, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹ She graduated in 1931 at University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, nursing.¹ History of Goodhue County Minnesota, 1935, page 330. She married Vernon Leroy Perkins, son of Timothy LeRoy Perkins and Lucy Katherine Featherstone, on 8 August 1935.¹ Vivian Dorothy Bang died on 24 March 2008 at Fairview Seminary Home, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota, at age 98.^1,2 She was buried at Hope Cemetery, Featherstone Twsp., Goodhue Co., Minnesota.^1,2



Vivian D. Perkins -- Red Wing
RED WING -- A memorial service for Vivian D. Perkins will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Red Wing, with the Rev. Kristen Schlauderaff officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Hope Cemetery in Featherstone Township, Goodhue County. Mrs. Perkins, 98, of Red Wing, died Monday (March 24, 2008) at the Fairview Seminary Home.

Vivian Dorothy Bang was born Nov. 2. 1909, in Featherstone Township. She attended school in Hay Creek and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1927. She graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in 1931, and worked at Charles Miller Hospital in St. Paul until 1935. On Aug. 8, 1935, she married Vernon L. Perkins, and they were the third generation to farm the Perkins farm and apple orchard. They moved to Red Wing in 1986. She was a 4-H adult leader, belonged to the Home Extension Group, and was a member of Chapter P of the PEO and St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

Survivors include a son, Larry (Carol) of Red Wing; two daughters, Rhoda (Marlyn) Rusch of Hollister, Mo., and Carol (Vernell) Draheim of Bricelyn, Minn; 15 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ruth Bang of Red Wing. She was preceded in death by her husband on March 31, 1987, a sister, two infant brothers, and a great-grandson.

Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel of Red Wing is in charge of arrangements.¹