Alma was the daughter of Gottfried Friedrich August Blankenstein and Marie Dorothea Elisabeth Friedrichs.
Alma Blankenstein was baptized July 5, 1896, at First Lutheran Church in Temple, Texas. Her baptismal sponsors were her uncle and aunt, Ernest and Myra "Nannie" (Weeks) Blankenstein.
Alma Blankenstein was confirmed March 20, 1910, by Pastor C. Wolff at St. Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Church (now St. Paul's United Church of Christ) in Gerald, Texas. Her confirmation text was Ephesians 4: 15 "But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ".
Alma married Albert Gustav Banik on Oct. 3, 1918, in Gerald, McLennan Co., Texas; Pastor John Link performed the marriage cereomony, and their wedding attendants were Hulda Banik, Herman Kreder, Elsie Kreder and Herman Banik.
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OBITUARY FROM THE LIBERTY VINDICATOR
MRS. ALMA DORA BANIK
Mrs. Alma Dora Banik, 82, Crosby, passed away at 7 p.m. Sunday in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, Baytown. She was born in Waco, a former resident of the Eastgate Community, and a Crosby resident for 30 years. She was a member of Our Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a son, Theodore F. Banik of Crosby; daughter, Dora E. Matocha, Highlands; brother, Siegfried Blankenstein, Fort Worth; sister, Frieda Bode, Dayton; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Crosby, with Rev. Robert E. Jones officiating. Burial was in Magnolia Park Cemetery, Dayton, under the direction of Sterling Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Ted Banik, Jr., Marvin Banik, Melvin Banik, Vance Banik, Frankie Matocha, Marshall Rolke, Joe Smesny, and William Fajkus.
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Alma Banik was preceded in death by her parents, Gottfried Blankenstein and Marie Friedrichs Blankenstein; her husband, Albert Banik in 1968; her infant son, Henry Banik in 1934; her infant daughter, Leona Banik in 1936; her brothers, Herman, Richard, Paul, and Freddie Blankenstein; and her sisters, Mamie Lehmann, Rose Blankenstein, and Elsie Forkel.