Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Banta, Henrietta M. July 8, 1951 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 29, 2010, 8:41 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Monday, July 9, 1951 Mrs. Henrietta M. Banta, 81, died Sunday night in Sheridan Community hospital after a short illness. She was born December 29, 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio. She had been a resident of Palo and vicinity for the past twenty years. Before that time she lived in Detroit. She was a member of Palo Methodist Church. She was married to William Colwell in 1887. He died in 1907. In 1909 she married Andrew Banta. Seven daughters survive: Mrs. Ella Kline, Mrs. Hazel Ripley, Lansing, Mrs. Myrtle Woonver, Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. Loie Bonite, Lyons; Mrs. Goldie Andrews, Reese, Mrs. Maude Zwerk, Ionia; Mrs. Ethel Owen, Pontiac. A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Irma Colwell, of Ionia survives. Thirty- three grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren are also survivors. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in Palo Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Hubbardston cemetery. The Rev. Harold E. Homer of Hubbardston will officiate, and the body will repose at Stebbins funeral home until before the funeral. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/banta6269nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb