LISBON, OHIO – Alice E. Backus, 84, of Chester passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Continuing Healthcare of Lisbon.

Alice was born in Garrettsville, Ohio on January 25, 1939 a daughter of the late Isaac and Bernadine (Leonard) Reynolds. She enjoyed playing cards and board games with her family. Alice enjoyed listening to gospel and country music especially Alan Jackson and Elvis. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and was known by her grandchildren as black grandma, Gi Gi, or grandma. Alice was a former member of the Oak Grove Church of Christ and loved going to church. Alice and her husband were baptized on the same day at the First Christian Church in Chester.

Preceding Alice in death were her husband Virgil L. Backus, Jr.; son Kenneth Backus; grandson Michael Backus and two sisters Shirley Chamberlain and Marilyn Donnalley.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter Denise A. Backus; three sons Virgil L. Backus III and his wife Kelly, Keith B. Backus and his wife Wendy, and Scott A. Backus and his wife Melissa; fourteen grandchildren Andrea Hawk, Sarah Weiler, Matthew Wayne Backus, Alice J. Backus, Amanda E. Hall, Heather Jo Winterrowd, Casey Lee Barker, Darrin R. McCall, Trista Hlavay, Tylor Backus, Tanner Backus, Chelsea DeCapio, Lukus Backus, and Gracie Backus; 22 great grandchildren and sister Marjorie Densmore.

Friends may visit at the Dawson Funeral Home on Friday where the family will be present from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Pastor Todd Smith will conduct a service at the funeral home on Saturday at 11 a.m. Burial at Yellow Creek Cemetery.

Immediately following the service the family will gather at the Dawson Family Center for a time of fellowship.