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Dale E. "Sonny" Backs

Dale Backs Obituary

DECATUR - Dale E. "Sonny" Backs, 60, Lawrence, Kan., formerly of Decatur, died Wednesday (April 27, 2011). Graveside services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville. Arrangements by: Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Memorials: Lawrence Memorial Hospital Oncology Department, c/o LMH Endowment Association; First Christian Church of Lawrence; or Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation and Hospice care. Send condolences: www.howeandyockey.com.
Published by Decatur Herald & Review on May 2, 2011.

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