Background
Backes, Betty Lou was born on August 2, 1941 in Little Falls, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Sigfred Arthur and Ruth Wilhelmina Nelson.
Backes, Betty Lou was born on August 2, 1941 in Little Falls, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Sigfred Arthur and Ruth Wilhelmina Nelson.
Graduate, Minnesota School of Business, 1960. Graduate Municipal Clerks Institute, Iowa State University, 1977. Student in records management, University North Dakota.
Secretary, Northern Ordnance, Fridley, Minnesota, 1960-1962; part-time sales associate, Sears, Anoka, Minnesota, 1964-1971; deputy city clerk, City of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, 1971-1974; city clerk, City of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, since 1974.
Staff liaison Coon Rapids Charter Commission, since 1973. Board directors Coon Rapids Firefighters Relief Association, 1980-1985, Munici-Pals, 1976-1982, chairperson, 1976, vice president, 1975, Intergovernmental Information Systems Advisory Council, 1984-1986. Member Clerks's Election Advisory Board to Secretary of State, 1980-1981.
Member International Institute Municipal Clerks (conference resource panelist 1977, membership co-chair 1977-1979, nominating committee 1979, 81, 83, goals committee 1980, 84, 85, federal legislation committee 1982, word processing committee 1983, Minneapolis consultant special event committee co-chair 1983, public information committee 1986, international committee 1991-1992, 50th anniversary committee 1992-1996, board directors 1984-1989, Quill award 1989), Municipal Clerks & Finance Officers Association of Minnesota (certification committee 1976-1981, region 4 vice president 1976, treasurer 1977, secretary 1978, director at large 1981, president 1980, publicity chair 1982, 90, 91), Association Records Managers & Administrators, National Alliance for Community Media.
Married Melvin Robert Bell, March 12, 1960 (divorced August 31, 1983). Married Ronald James Backes, June 1, 1985.