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BACK, Lynford H. (1916-1995)

BACK, KERN, KLUCKHOHN, BRAGER, JUST, PETERSON, BUSEMAN

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 10/1/2017 at 13:17:56

Lynford H. Back 1916-1995

Services for Lynford H. Back, 79, Klemme, who died Saturday, July 29, 1995, were held Tuesday, Aug. 1, 10:30 a.m., at the Immanuel Reformed United Church of Christ in Klemme with Rev. William H. Green officiating.

Music was provided by Diane Stadtlander, organist, and Bill Renner, vocalist; and the congregation.

Casket bearers were Steve Tasel, Craig Larson, Lynn Kertaus, Jack Williams, Harley Nuehring and Merrill Mecklinberg.

Burial was at the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme with Tenold Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements.

Lynford Back, the son of Herman E. and Flora (Kern) Back, was born May 30, 1916 on a farm near Blairstown. He moved to Klemme in 1928 and graduated from Klemme High School in 1934.

May 20, 1941, he married Carmen L. Kluckhohn at the Immanuel Reformed Church. Lynford worked as a farm hand for seven years and for the ASCS office, ran a gas station for a year and a cream route for the Klemme Coop Creamery for three years. In 1947, he took over the family farm and retired from the farm in 1977 when they moved to Klemme.

He was a member of the Immanuel Reformed Untied Church of Christ in Klemme, served on the Klemme Coop Board for several years and was instrumental in the development of Slippery Elm Golf Course in Klemme.

He is survived by a daughter, Roxanne Brager and her husband, Daryl of Eagle Grove; sons, Joel Back and his wife, Yvonne of Lake Mills, and David Back and his wife, Denise of Des Moines; grandchildren, Tracy Brager Just and her husband,Craig, Tammy Brager Peterson and her husband, Chris, David Sung Lee Back, Kierstin Back and Dakota Back; great-grandchildren, Parker Just and Jessie Peterson; and a special friend, Catherine Mattis of Garner.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Carmen; a sister, Marilyn Buseman; brothers, Richard, Graydon and Wilford Back; and a granddaughter, Judy Lynn Brager.


 

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