John S. Backer

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Holmes-Watkins Funeral Home - Manchester

Posted events

December 22, 2025

Dec

Visitation

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Holmes-Watkins Funeral Home

400 Main St, Manchester, CT 06040

Dec

Funeral service

10:00 a.m.

Talcottville Congregational Church

10 Elm Hill Rd, Vernon, CT 06066

Holmes-Watkins Funeral Home - Manchester

Posted an obituary

December 22, 2025

John Backer Obituary

John Scott Backer, 84, of Manchester, Connecticut, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 20, 2025.Born on September 20, 1941, in Selma, California, John was the son of the late Francis Henry “Mike” Backer and Elizabeth Alice Scott. He... Read John Backer's Obituary