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- 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.
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1884 - 1943 (~ 58 years)