Backus/Wilcox Family History

We continue to choose the road less traveled. Our stories started in New York and Michigan. We took an detour to New Jersey, and had a most excellent adventure to Ethiopia. In July, 2013 we moved our family from Detroit to Texas. People can say a lot about us, but they can't accuse us of being boring....

Monday, July 09, 2007

Nate's Third Birthday

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Today's Nate's official third birthday, and we went to the Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum. There were a lot of projects there, and Nate ...
Tuesday, July 03, 2007

New Pictures

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I thought I would see what I could figure out with the Multiply site. I determined that I could set up certain folders to be viewed by ever...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Jennifer's Blog

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Please note that Jennifer has created her own blog as she's not clear on how to make posts to this blog. I've added a link to the l...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

Mom in the Hospital

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Well, I'm not sure why, but the doctor's identified some fluid around her heart. They plan to drain it on Monday and hopefully figu...
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Saturday, December 30, 2006

2006 is OVER and good riddance!

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I for one am glad that this year is over. It seems like it has taken forever to come and go, and I'm glad it's finally at the end. ...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

My Funeral Tribute

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We just returned from the memorial service in NYS. We really appreciated all who attended, and hope you enjoyed reminiscing about Dad and f...
Saturday, October 14, 2006

NYS Memorial Set

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The Memorial Service for NY is set for October 28, 2006 at 2.00p. The service will be held in Ilion at the First Presbyterian Church where D...
Sunday, October 08, 2006

Finalized Funeral arragneemtns

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The funeral will be held at our church at 11 am. WE will have visitations that morning starting at 10 am as well. AFter the cemetary the c...
Saturday, October 07, 2006

Ronald C. Backus (November 20, 1935 - October 7, 2006)

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Age 70, of Redford Township. Born in Frankfort, New York. Loving father of Craig (Gail) Backus and Jennifer (Tim) Farmer. Cherished grandfat...
Friday, October 06, 2006

Ron's slipping again

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Ok - we don't know exactly what is going on, but he was totally not responsive today with Craig when he went to visit. He didn't ev...
Thursday, October 05, 2006

Many Questions with Ron

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Good morning, Well it seems a lot of questions still remain over Ron's condition and all that. On Tuesday the vents were removed, but h...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Removing Ventilation Tubes

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Wow - what an amazing turn of events the last few days. I called to just talk to a nurse on Ron's status today - she told me he's f...
Monday, October 02, 2006

Light

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Well, it didn't get us far, but we were finally successful in using a pen and paper to communicate, and the first word was light, as in ...

Holding his own

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Well since Ron was pretty stable all yesterday, we decided we needed to go back to work today. Please feel free to visit Ron at Botsford Ho...
Sunday, October 01, 2006

Ron is doing better

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Ok - nothing makes sense at the moment, but Ron's doing a lot better today. He was able to stop taking the one medicine that was keepin...
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