Obit., mid-Missouri newspaper, 1968: "Clara Elizabeth Backlesse was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Sept 4, 1899, the daughter of Herman Hilflicker and his wife, Leona Hillard Hilflicker, and entered into rest Thursday evening, October 3, 1968 while enroute to a Jefferson City hospital. At the time of her passing, she was 69 years and 29 days of age. Her death came entirely unexpected, as she had been in her usual state of health until stricken earlier in the afternoon. After the death of her father, together with her mother and brothers, she came to the Mint Hill community to make her home with her grandfather and grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Bogan Hillard, where she attended the Flat Rock Public School and the Mint Hill Community Church and Sunday School. On June 10th, 1914, she was united in marriage to Mr. Edward T. Baclesse who survives her together with two sons and one daughter. They are: Geraldine (Mrs. Al Linhardt) Linn; the sons are Dale Baclesse and Artie Baclesse both of Linn. There is also one brother surviving, Jakie Hilflicker of Warsaw, Mo.. These together with 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren are the immediate surviving relatives. Two sons, Steele Baclesse and Lundy Baclesse, preceded her in death. She and Mr. Baclesse have resided in Linn for a number of years where she was employed by the Linn Mfg. Co until her retirement. She was a member of the Mint Hill Baptist Church all of her adult life. Funeral services were conducted at the Morton Chapel in Linn Sunday afternoon with Rev. Richard Blix, pastor of the first Baptist Church in Linn officiating. Burial was in the family plot in the Shirley Cemetery near Mint Hill, Mo.. The pall bearers who served were: Buell Baclesse, Dale Baclesse, Ralph Gove, Ted Karros, Herbert Nichols and Bill Patchett.