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Kingston NY Daily Freeman - 12/13/1962

LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -
Herbert Bane, a 13-year-old orphan,
was killed Thursday when a
rifle discharged as he and his
brother handled it. police said.
Herbert and his brother. Robert,
15, were playing with the 22-caliber
rifle in the home of an uncle,
Keith Bane, in this Orleans County
village.
The boys and their five brothers
and sisters had been living with
the uncle since their parents were
killed in an automobile accident
near here in 1953, police said.

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/14/1962

LYNDONVILLE - A 13-yearold
Town of Yates boy, one of
eight children left without parents
as the result of an auto accident,
in 1953, was accidentally
shot and killed Thursday afternoon
by his 15-year-old brother.
Pronounced dead at Medina Memorial
Hospital was Herbert Bane
of Marshall Road, Town of Yates,
about four miles west of here. Dr.
James Sterling, an Orleans County
coroner, termed the shooting
"accidental."
According to the Orleans County
Sheriffs Department, the dead
youth and a brother, Robert, returned
home on a school bus
shortly after 4 p.m. After eating,
they went upstairs to their room.
Robert, according to deputies, was
preparing to remove a cartidge
from a .22 caliber rifle when the
weapon discharged. The shell
struck Herbert in the face.
A sister heard the shot and
called police.
Herbert had been living at the
home of his uncle and grandmother,
Keith Bane and Mrs. Clara
Bane, since th e death of his
parents in 1953. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Bane were killed
in an Orleans County auto accident.
The youth was a seventh-grader
at Lyndonville Central School
and a member of the Yates Baptist
Church. He was born in Lockport
on April 22, 1949.
Surviving besides his uncle and
grandmother are three brothers,
Pfc. Howard Bane of the United
States Marine Corps, Camp Le-
jeune, N.C., Pfc. Arnold Bane of
the United States Army in Germany,
and Robert Bane; three
sisters, Miss Clara Bane, Miss
Loretta Bane and Miss Shirley
Bane, all at home, and a halfbrother,
Harold Tanner of Sodus.
There are also several other aunts
and uncles.
Funeral services will be held at
1 p.m. Sunday from the Smythe
Funeral Home, Lyndonville. Burial
will be in Lynhaven Cemetery.

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Niagara Gazette - 3/16/1953

Eight Barker children were parentless
today as a result of an automobile
accident' in which their
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Bane, West Lake Shore
road, were killed early yesterday In
Route 18 approximately four miles
northwest of Lyndonville.
State police said that the accident
occurred about 1 a.m. when their
car struck a tree and house and then
burst into flames after overturning.
Seven other persons were Injured
during the weekend in area
automobile mishaps as local - and
state police described the period
as one of the worst in recent
weeks for traffic accidents.
State police at Gaines reported
that Mr. Bane, 41, and his wife,
Laura, 38, were returning to their
home from a shopping expedition
in Lyndonville when their car apparently
skidded and went out of
control.
Believe Kerosene Exploded
One of two five-gallon kerosene
containers in the car is believed to
become ignited and exploded.
Although the bodies of the couple
were charred almost beyond recognition,
Coroner David E. Fraser,
Lyndonville, expressed the opinion
that Mr. Bane and his wife died
before the car caught fire.
, A certificate of death ,is being
withheld pending the results of an
autopsy ordered by state police.
Surviving are the eight children,
John, 19, of Lockport; Clare, 15;
Howard, 13; Arnold, 12; Loretta,
seven; Robert, five; Herbert, three,
and Shirley Bane, two, all at home;
Mr. Bane's mother, Mrs. Clara Bane,
and his sister, Mrs. Myrtle Hill, both
of Rochester, and his four brothers.
Let Bane, Rochester, and Keith,
Robert and Earl Bane, all of Lyndonville.
Mrs. Bane also is survived by her
parents, Alonzo Tanner, Lockport,

Howard + TANNER, Laura. Laura (daughter of TANNER, Alonzo) was born about 1915; died on 16 Mar 1953 in Barker, Town of Somerset, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Medina NY Tribune - 9/7/1944

Norman T. Bane, 56, died Wednesday
at his home on the Petrie
Road. He was a lifelong resident
Of the Town of Yates.
Surviving are his wife, Clara
Arndt Bane; one daughter, Mrs.
Stanley Hill of Medina; five sons,
Leo Fred and Keith Norman
Bane of Rochester, Howard Le-
Roy Bane of Lockport, Sgt. Irving
Robert Bane, stationed at
Lakeland, Fla., and Pvt. Earl
Francis Bane in France; twelve
grandchildren; and three brothers,
Leonard and Fred Bane of
Lyndonville, and Frank Bane of
Webster.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon. Burial was in
Lynhaven Cemetery, Lyndonville

Norman married ARNDT, Clara C in 1906. Clara (daughter of ARNDT, William F and SCHROEDER, Wilhelmina) was born on 13 Jul 1890 in Burt, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Mar 1969 in Lyndonville, Town of Yates, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 3/21/1969

LYNDONVILLE - Mrs. Clara
C. Bane, 78, of Marshall
Road, died early today at her
home here after a long illness.
She was the daughter of Wil
liam and Minnie Arndt, and
was born July 13, 1890, in Burt.
She married the late Timothy
Bane of Lyndonville in 1906, and
has resided in this area for
more than 60 years.
Mrs. Bane was a member of
the United Methodist Church
and the Gleaners Class of that
church. Until recently, she was
quite active in church affairs.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Stanley (Myrtle) Hill
of Rochester; four sons, Leo of
Rochester, and Keith Sr., Irving
and Earl, all of Lyndonville; a
sister, Miss Anna Miller of Buffalo;
a brother, William Miller
of Lyndonville; 28 grandchildren;
34 great - grandchildren,
and several nieces and nephews.
Her son Howard Bane died in
1953.
Friends may call from 7-9
p.m. today and from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. tomorrow at the Smythe
Funeral Home, 112 N. Main St.,
Lyndonville.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 p.m. Sunday by the
Rev. Howard Warriner of United
Methodist Church.

Fred + HOUSEMAN, Emma Jane. Emma was born about 1858 in New York; died on 28 Dec 1939 in Lyndonville, Town of Yates, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/29/1939

LYNDONVILLE. Dec. 29-Funeral
services for Mrs. Emma Bane, 81
years old. who died yesterday after
a short illness, will be held at the
family home, 135 North Main street,
at 3 p. m. tomorrow, with the Rev.
Frederick Mittlefelt, of Buffalo, offl
dating. Burial will be In Lynhaven
cemetery.
Mrs. Bane, a lifelong resident of
this village, was the widow of Fred
Bane, who died 23 years ago. she
Is survived by four sons, Frank, of
Webster, and Leonard, Fred and
Timothy, of Lyndonville. and a
brother, George Houseman.

William married SCHROEDER, Wilhelmina about 1868. Wilhelmina was born on 2 Apr 1845 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]