Shortly after William Banta's passing, the Chico Enterprise-Record carried the following obituary on Tuesday, 1 May 1956, pg 3, column 3:
"WILLIAM BANTA
Graveside services for William Taylor Banta, former Chico resident who died Monday in Napa, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Chico Cemetery. Mr. Banta was a veteran of World War I, and the VFW post will conduct the service.
Mr. Banta was born in Washington, February 9, 1888, to William and Martha Banta. He was a carpenter.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Eva Silsbee of Sacramento.
Arrangements are being made by the Chase Funeral Chapel."
BIOGRAPHY
William T Banta was born 9 February 1888 in Slaughter, Washington.
Note: February 21, 1893, an Act of the Washington State Legislature changes the name of Slaughter in south King County to Auburn.
On March 14, 1930, in Reno, Nevada, William married Ida Caroline (Allwardt) Simmons. Ida had been widowed 12 years earlier when her husband died from the flu during the 1918 world-wide flu pandemic. Ida had two sons, Robert William, age 20, and Wilton Lawrence, age 19.
William & Ida continued to reside in what was the Simmons home at 330 Oak Street in Chico (as of May 2020, this house is still in use).
Unfortunately, in March 1945, at age 60, Ida was stricken suddenly ill. She was taken to San Francisco for diagnosis and treatment. On July 21, 1945, Ida passed away in San Francisco at the Stanford-Lane Hospital (Stanford School of Medicine, 2398 Sacramento Street). She was buried in Chico Cemetery.
William Banta died April 30, 1956 at the Veterans Home in Napa, California. He is buried alongside his wife, Ida Caroline (Allwardt), in Chico Cemetery.
"WILLIAM BANTA
Graveside services for William Taylor Banta, former Chico resident who died Monday in Napa, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Chico Cemetery. Mr. Banta was a veteran of World War I, and the VFW post will conduct the service.
Mr. Banta was born in Washington, February 9, 1888, to William and Martha Banta. He was a carpenter.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Eva Silsbee of Sacramento.
Arrangements are being made by the Chase Funeral Chapel."
BIOGRAPHY
William T Banta was born 9 February 1888 in Slaughter, Washington.
Note: February 21, 1893, an Act of the Washington State Legislature changes the name of Slaughter in south King County to Auburn.
On March 14, 1930, in Reno, Nevada, William married Ida Caroline (Allwardt) Simmons. Ida had been widowed 12 years earlier when her husband died from the flu during the 1918 world-wide flu pandemic. Ida had two sons, Robert William, age 20, and Wilton Lawrence, age 19.
William & Ida continued to reside in what was the Simmons home at 330 Oak Street in Chico (as of May 2020, this house is still in use).
Unfortunately, in March 1945, at age 60, Ida was stricken suddenly ill. She was taken to San Francisco for diagnosis and treatment. On July 21, 1945, Ida passed away in San Francisco at the Stanford-Lane Hospital (Stanford School of Medicine, 2398 Sacramento Street). She was buried in Chico Cemetery.
William Banta died April 30, 1956 at the Veterans Home in Napa, California. He is buried alongside his wife, Ida Caroline (Allwardt), in Chico Cemetery.
Shortly after William Banta's passing, the Chico Enterprise-Record carried the following obituary on Tuesday, 1 May 1956, pg 3, column 3:
"WILLIAM BANTA
Graveside services for William Taylor Banta, former Chico resident who died Monday in Napa, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Chico Cemetery. Mr. Banta was a veteran of World War I, and the VFW post will conduct the service.
Mr. Banta was born in Washington, February 9, 1888, to William and Martha Banta. He was a carpenter.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Eva Silsbee of Sacramento.
Arrangements are being made by the Chase Funeral Chapel."
BIOGRAPHY
William T Banta was born 9 February 1888 in Slaughter, Washington.
Note: February 21, 1893, an Act of the Washington State Legislature changes the name of Slaughter in south King County to Auburn.
On March 14, 1930, in Reno, Nevada, William married Ida Caroline (Allwardt) Simmons. Ida had been widowed 12 years earlier when her husband died from the flu during the 1918 world-wide flu pandemic. Ida had two sons, Robert William, age 20, and Wilton Lawrence, age 19.
William & Ida continued to reside in what was the Simmons home at 330 Oak Street in Chico (as of May 2020, this house is still in use).
Unfortunately, in March 1945, at age 60, Ida was stricken suddenly ill. She was taken to San Francisco for diagnosis and treatment. On July 21, 1945, Ida passed away in San Francisco at the Stanford-Lane Hospital (Stanford School of Medicine, 2398 Sacramento Street). She was buried in Chico Cemetery.
William Banta died April 30, 1956 at the Veterans Home in Napa, California. He is buried alongside his wife, Ida Caroline (Allwardt), in Chico Cemetery.
"WILLIAM BANTA
Graveside services for William Taylor Banta, former Chico resident who died Monday in Napa, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Chico Cemetery. Mr. Banta was a veteran of World War I, and the VFW post will conduct the service.
Mr. Banta was born in Washington, February 9, 1888, to William and Martha Banta. He was a carpenter.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Eva Silsbee of Sacramento.
Arrangements are being made by the Chase Funeral Chapel."
BIOGRAPHY
William T Banta was born 9 February 1888 in Slaughter, Washington.
Note: February 21, 1893, an Act of the Washington State Legislature changes the name of Slaughter in south King County to Auburn.
On March 14, 1930, in Reno, Nevada, William married Ida Caroline (Allwardt) Simmons. Ida had been widowed 12 years earlier when her husband died from the flu during the 1918 world-wide flu pandemic. Ida had two sons, Robert William, age 20, and Wilton Lawrence, age 19.
William & Ida continued to reside in what was the Simmons home at 330 Oak Street in Chico (as of May 2020, this house is still in use).
Unfortunately, in March 1945, at age 60, Ida was stricken suddenly ill. She was taken to San Francisco for diagnosis and treatment. On July 21, 1945, Ida passed away in San Francisco at the Stanford-Lane Hospital (Stanford School of Medicine, 2398 Sacramento Street). She was buried in Chico Cemetery.
William Banta died April 30, 1956 at the Veterans Home in Napa, California. He is buried alongside his wife, Ida Caroline (Allwardt), in Chico Cemetery.
