8. | BANE, Herbert (1.Laura1) was born on 22 Apr 1949 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Dec 1962 in Lyndonville, Town of Yates, Orleans County, NY. Notes:
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.
ALSO
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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