LABON BACKER

BACKER-Labon at the age of 100 ,of Weston formerly of El Paso, TX , on September 6, 2009 .A retired electrical engineer , Mr. Backer helped bring electricity and irrigation to rural New Mexico after World War 11 , and helped raise his family in West Texas. Mr. Backer was born in Baltimore, MD and grew up in Richmond, VA. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. H was the husband of the late Clara Morrison Backer of Atlanta, GA., He is survived by his daughter Ellen Edwards and Stuart Edwards of Oak Park, Ill. ,and David Backer and his wife Alyce Kaprow of Newton , his grandchildren, Rebecca Edwards, Joseph Backer and Jacob Backer.He was the brother of Moe Backer and the late Jean Caplan Services are private