Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/5/1943

BANTA

Thomas A., passed away at his
home Coomer Rd., Newfane, Jan.
5, 1943. He is survived by his wife,
Gratia M., two sons and one
daughter, Thomas R., John S. and
Barbara Banta. Two brothers,
George J. and the late Dr. Charles
W. Banta. He was the son of the
late Dr. Roland Banta. Funeral
services will be conducted from
his late home Thursday at 1 o'clock.
Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo at 3 o'clock. Flowers
gratefully declined.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/5/1943

NEWFANE - Postmaster in
Newfane for 10 years, Thomas A.
Banta, 58. was found dead In a
chair in his Coomer Road home at
3 o'clock this morning. Relatives
said Mr. Banta was in apparent
good health Monday but had been
under a physician's cart for several
weeks.
His wife, Mrs. Gratia Madden
Banta, and a son, Thomas R. Banta,
said they retired about 10
o'clock, leaving Mr. Banta reading
in' a chair m the living room. At
3 o'clock the son awakened and
found his father dead.
- Mr. Banta, a native of Buffalo,
was the son of the late Dr. Rollin
L. and Sarah Ayer Banta. After
attending the University of Michigan.
University of Buffalo and
Michigan Military Academy, Mr.
Banta became a farmer on the
Coomer Road In 1915. During
World War I he was captain of the
Newfane Home Defense Reserve.
He wag appointed postmaster by
President Roosevelt In 1933. He
was a member of Newfane Lodge
947 FAM and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity
at the University of Michigan.
Other survivors include a son,
John S. Banta. attending Cornell
University; a daughter. Miss Barbara
Banta, Delray Beach, Fla.:
and a brother, George J. Banta,
Conewango Valley. He was a
brother of the late Dr. Charles W.
Banta. a Buffalo physician lor 40
years.
Services will be held at the home
at 1 o'clock Thursday with burial
at 3 o'clock in Forest Lawn Ceme-
tery, Buffalo.

Thomas married MADDEN, Gratia E on 29 Jun 1915 in Troy, Albany County, NY. Gratia (daughter of MADDEN, George Cole and Justina B) was born in Sep 1887 in New York; died on 3 Jun 1947 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo NY Courier - 6/27/1915

The marriage of Miss Gratia Madden
of Troy to Thomas Banta of Newfane.
son of Dr. R. L. Banta of Buffalo, will
take place at the home of the bride
on Tuesday, June 29.

1. BANTA, Thomas R was born on 16 Aug 1916 in New York; died in Jun 1977.
2. BANTA, John S was born on 6 Apr 1921 in New York; died on 27 Apr 2001 in Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
3. BANTA, Barbara C was born on 14 Oct 1922 in New York; died on 9 Mar 2012.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/18/1933

Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon for Dr. Rollin L.
Banta from the home of his son,
Thomas A. Banta of Coomer road,
Newfane, where he died last Friday
evening, following several weeks'
illness. The Rev. Artemas P. Goodwin
of the First Baptist church officiated,
and the bearers Included
Harry Welch, Ashley Gale, Stewart
Moot and George C. Urban. Burial
took place at Forest Lawn cemetery
In Buffalo.

ALSO

Buffalo NY Morning Express - 1926

Rollin married AYER, Sarah M about 1875. Sarah (daughter of Comfort) was born in Jul 1857 in New York; died before 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]