Anita Backes Osborne
Born July 16, 1934 in Jacksonville, Oregon to Arthur Marion Backes and Charlotte Ruth Solomon. She grew up in Jacksonville and attended Jacksonville High School, until she married Winford Dale Osborne in 1950, at the Church of the Nazerine in Phoenix, Oregon, by Rev. Henry C. Lacy. Anita spent the remaining years of her life in Medford, Oregon until her death. She was preceded in death by Winford Dale Osborne, November 23, 1986.
Anita leave behind her daughters, Darlene Groomes and husband, David of Medford, OR; Vicki Lawrence and husband, Patrick of Goodyear, AZ; Shelly Kanovsky and husband, David of Woodland Hills, CA and Kelly Espinosa and husband, Mike of Medford, OR. She also leaves behind, 11 Grandchildren, 6 Great-Grandchildren and a brother, William Curtis Backes.