The Dutch and American Gase and related families

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Family Group Sheets
(compiled by Ronald A. Gase. Please email me for corrections, additions, questions or if you have special personal requests)
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(site updated Wednesday, September 24th, 2025)
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Gerald Louis "Jerry" BACKUS
	Birth	1 July 1935	Delphos, Ohio, USA
	Residence	between 2003 and 2025	Delphos, Ohio, USA
	Death	2 July 2025	Delphos, Ohio, USA
	Burial	7 July 2025	St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery, Delphos, Allen County, Ohio, USA
	Occupation		president of D.J. Backus, Inc.;
	Marriage	7 April 1956	Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Henry George "Harry" BACKUS
	Mother	Leona Theresa RICKER
WIFE Dorothy Lee "Dottie" ART
	Birth	10 May 1935	Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, USA
	Death	6 September 2021	Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio, USA (CHP Defiance Area In-Patient Hospice Center)
	Burial	10 September 2021	St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery, Delphos, Allen County, Ohio, USA
	Occupation		secretary at Vanamatic;
	Father	Clarence Phillip ART
	Mother	Emma Lee PULSKAMP
CHILDREN
M	Kevin Michael BACKUS
	Birth	10 February 1959	Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	2010	Delphos, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	2 July 1983	Jane Marie HEMKER; Van Wert County, Ohio, USA