{"id":1902,"date":"2008-05-23T21:23:45","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T21:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2010-12-22T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T17:25:00","slug":"6311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2008\/05\/23\/6311\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Service Set for Inez E. Backlund"},"content":{"rendered":"
NORTHBROOK, IL (May 23, 2008) \u2013 A memorial service for Inez E. Backlund, 95, will be conducted at 2 p.m. May 29 at Northbrook Covenant Church.
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\nBacklund, the widow of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Oscar Backlund, died Wednesday.<\/p>\n
She was born May 21, 1913, in Lindsborg, Kansas. The couple was married January 9, 1938, in Lindsborg, Kansas. He went on to serve Covenant churches in Washington, D.C.; Rochester, New York; Stamford, Connecticut; Bronx, New York; and Hammond, Indiana. He died in 1987.<\/p>\n
Survivors include her daughter, Beth Summers; and a son, Paul Backlund; grandchildren and great grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Memorials may be directed to either North Park Theological Seminary, 3225 W. Foster Ave, Chicago, IL, 60025; or the Department of World Mission, Evangelical Covenant Church, 5101 N. Francisco, Ave. Chicago, IL, 60625.<\/p>\n