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August H. and Anna Belle (Thomas) Banaka, 5 North 43 West



ANNA'S FAMILY

In 1900 Pottawattamie County, Oklahoma, S. R. Thomas is 39, Rosina Thomas 35 Wife, J. E. Thomas 13 Son, Bell Thomas born June 1888 in Kansas, Daughter, Mable Thomas 7 Daughter, Orlie Thomas 3 Son, and Fern Thomas 6/12 Daughter.

Samuel Rouse Thomas BIRTH 16 Dec 1860 Perry County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 15 Feb 1933 (aged 72) Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA BURIAL Netawaka Cemetery Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 54154413.

Rosina Richards Thomas BIRTH 15 Feb 1866 Somerset, England DEATH 21 Aug 1959 (aged 93) Netawaka, Kansas, USA BURIAL Netawaka Cemetery Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 54154363


AUGUST'S FAMILY

Wilhelm Beneke Marriage Date: 4 Nov 1876 Marriage Place: Cook, Illinois, USA Spouse Name: Louise Bepehn

In 1880 Jackson County, Kansas, William Benneca is 29, Louisa Benneca 29 Wife, Sopha Benneca 5 Daughter, Henry Benneca 2 Son, and Mattie Benneca 1 Daughter.

Louise Lappine Banaka BIRTH 17 Apr 1854 Saxony (Sachsen), Germany DEATH 12 Aug 1883 (aged 29) Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA BURIAL Netawaka Cemetery Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 10633669

H. F. William Banaka BIRTH 1853 DEATH 1895 (aged 41–42) BURIAL Netawaka Cemetery Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 10626430.

In 1900 Edmund, Oklahoma, Fredrick Els is 37, Henrietty Els 36 Wife. William Els 12 Son, Hago Els 10 Son, Freddy Els 7 Son, Sophia Els 7 Daughter, Minnie Els 5 Daughter, and Elvina Els 3 Daughter.

AUGUST AND BELLE

August proved up two quarters in sections 20 and 28, and 120 acres in sections 21 and 28, 5N 43W in 1919.

In 1920 Yuma County, August H. Banaka 37 Head Belle Banaka 31 Wife Leslie C Banaka 10 Son Samuel A Banaka 8 Son Alta R Banaka 6 Daughter Ethel I Banaka 4 Daughter Kenneth L Banaka 2 Son Harold Banaka 0 Son.

August 1923 "Mr. and Mrs. August Banaka spent ..day at the Will Banaka home.
" ...sisters of the Banaka boys, of Kansas, are visiting here. "

" On Monday March 10th, 1924, August Banaka will sell at his farm 18 miles southeast of Holyoke, 10 head of horses, 39 head of cattle, 10 head of hogs, some poultry, his machinery, and some household goods. Sale to start at 11 o'clock, with a free lunch at noon."

April 1931 " Mrs. August Banaka and son Leslie and daughter Ethel and George Walcott left for Kansas City Mo., Monday. Mr. Walcott is returning home after spending the winter with his uncles, Mat and Buck Walcott. Mrs. Banaka is going to visit her mother."

February 1933 " Mrs. August Banaka left Thursday evening for Netawaukee, Kan., to attend the funeral of her father, Sam Thomas."

April 1933 "Miss Jennie Oman and brother, Herbert, gave a party to their friends Saturday evening. Those present were the Misses Erma and Ula Ranum, Haziel Irvine, Ollie Fincher, Thelma Banaka, Anna Oman, Clara Likens, Sylvia Fincher, and Howard Fuller, Harvey Nichols, Jesse Lewis, Charley Williams, Paul Fincher, Pat Ethridge and Harold Banaka. Lunch was served by the hostess and all I left at a late hour reporting a wonderful time. " (Jennie was my mother, Herbert an uncle, and Annie an aunt.)

" Harold Banaka spent the week end with his teacher, Miss Anna Oman. "

September 1936 " Miss Ethel Banaka visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Banaka northeast of Wray, over the week end. Miss Banaka is employed in Wray at the City Cafe."

August H. Banaka, 59, a resident of Colorado for 25 years, ended his life Friday morning, February 27, 1942, when he fired a bullet from a .25-.20 calibre rifle thru his heart as he sat on the side of his bed at his farm home, near the Phillips county line, northwest of Alvin. Despondency over family troubles was indicated in two notes which he wrote before ending his life. One of the notes was addressed to his wife, and the other to his children. Mrs. Belle Banaka, the widow, and Mrs. Wilma Banaka, daughter-in-law of the deceased, whose husband, Kenneth, is now in army service, were in the house and heard the report of the gun from Mr. Banaka's bedroom at 7 o'clock Friday morning. They rushed to the room and discovered the tragedy. Death had apparently been instantaneous. The county coroner from Phillips county was at first summoned, but when he discovered that the incident had happened in this county, he notified Deputy Coroner Phil Lockwood, Sheriff Raymond Van Horn and Undersheriff Ernest Price who went to the Banaka place and investigated the tragedy. After questioning members of the family and reading the notes left by Mr. Banaka, the officers decided no inquest was necessary.
The remains were taken to Holyoke for funeral services and burial. The services were held Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased was born April 28, 1882, in Jackson County, Kansas, and came to this vicinity twenty-five years ago. Two of his sons, Kenneth and Harold, were inducted into the army on February 9. Other children are Leslie, Sam who lives on the west coast, Mrs. Alta Winters and Margie, who live in Washington, Mrs. Ethel Jones of Kimball, Nebraska, Walter and Donnie who live at home.
Mr. Banaka was highly respected by the people of his community, and news of his death was a great shock to his friends and acquaintances."

MEMORIAL ID 82846185.


January 1944 " In calling to have the paper sent to her son Pfc. Harold Banaka, who is in Australia, Mrs. August Banaka remarked that she also had three other sons in the service of their country: Pvt. Kenneth Banaka of near London, Pvt. Sam Banaka of Camp Gruber, Oklahoma and Pfc. Leslie Banaka who returned to Camp Forrest, Tennessee, last week after spending a furlough at his home north of town. "

PVT Samuel August Banaka BIRTH 5 Aug 1911 Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA DEATH 12 Jul 1944 (aged 32) France BURIAL Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France PLOT D, Row 12, Grave 28 MEMORIAL ID 7794575

March 1945 "Second Son of Mrs. Anna Bell Banaka Is Killed in Europe.
A war department telegram, received here March 5, told of the death in action in Luxemburg of Pfc. Leslie Banaka, 36, a son of Mrs. Anna Bell Banaka, who is now employed at Hoquiam, Washington, the second time within a year that Mrs. Banaka has given a son in the service of his country.
Leslie Banaka was born in Kansas and later made his home in Yuma county, attending the Cement school. He enlisted two years ago and was serving with a tank division and had been overseas for nine months. His brother, Sam Banaka, was killed in France in July of last year. Three other boys of the Banaka family are also in service. Harold and Kenneth are in the army, the former now in the Philippines and the latter in Germany, and Walter is in the navy in the South Pacific. Donald is with his mother. Three sisters also survive. They are Mrs. Alta Winters, Washington, Mrs. Ethel Jones, who lives in Nebraska, and Mrs. Marjorie Miner of north of Wray."
Leslie Charles Banaka BIRTH 16 Feb 1909 Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA DEATH 21 Feb 1945 (aged 36) Luxembourg BURIAL Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium PLOT E, Row 16, Grave 44 MEMORIAL ID 7794676

Anna Belle Thomas Banaka BIRTH 30 Jun 1888 Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA DEATH 25 Dec 1948 (aged 60) Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Holyoke Memorial Park Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 82846157.

"Services were held Thursday morning of last week from the First Methodist Church for Mrs. Anna Belle Banaka, a resident of Phillips County since December 1915. Mrs. Banaka had been in failing health for the past several months and passed away at the Holyoke hospital on December 25.
Mrs. Banaka, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomas, was born June 30, 1888 at Atwood, Kansas and at the time of her death was 60 years, five months and 26 days of age.
She was united in marriage to August Banaka at Netawaka, Kansas on August 22, 1906. To this union were born nine children, three girls and six boys.
Mrs. Banaka was preceded in death by her husband on February 27, 1942, and two sons who were killed in service, Leslie Charles Banaka, February 21, 1945 near Luxemburg and Samuel August Banaka, July 12, 1944 near St. Lo France.
Those who mourn her passing are: Alta R. Winter, Hoquiam, Washington; Ethel I. Jones, Caldwell, Idaho; Kenneth L. Banaka, Hoquiam, Washington; Harold W. Banaka, Wray, Colorado; Marjorie E. Miner, Kimball, Nebraska; Walter E. Banaka, Lamar, Nebraska; Donald V. Banaka, Wray, Colorado; and 13 grandchildren besides her mother, three sisters and two brothers.
Interment was made in the Holyoke cemetery and pallbearers were Dale Martin, Elmer Smith, Sherman Knight, Edgar Groseclose, Charles Dodson and Guy Stroup."

MARJORIE

Marjorie Elizabeth Banaka Miner BIRTH 23 Feb 1922 Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA DEATH 7 Nov 2014 (aged 92) Selah, Yakima County, Washington, USA BURIAL Reservation Community Memorial Park Wapato, Yakima County, Washington, USA MEMORIAL ID 140425501.

ETHEL

Ethel I. Banaka Jones BIRTH 22 Sep 1915 Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA DEATH 7 May 2014 (aged 98) Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Restlawn Memory Gardens West Salem, Polk County, Oregon, USA MEMORIAL ID 139228716.

"Ethel I. Jones, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away on May 7th, 2014 in Brookside Care Home in Redmond, Oregon. Ethel was born September 22, 1915 in Manhattan, Kansas to Annabelle Thomas and August H. Banaka. She married Walter E. Jones on August 21, 1937. They were married for 48 years. Ethel worked at Mead Paper Co. in Salem for 20 years and retired in 1972.
Ethel is survived by her daughters Rosalie I. Parker of Terrebonne, Oregon, Lorelei E. Simons and Betty C. Farmer both of Salem, Oregon.
Visitation will be from 9:00 to 12:00pm on May 16, 2014 followed by a Funeral Service at 1:00pm at Howell Edwards Doerksen Funeral Home. Graveside service will be at Restlawn Cemetery at 3:00pm where she will rest beside her husband.
The family wishes to thank Hospice and the nurses at Brookside Care Home for taking such special care of Ethel while she was residing there. Ethel is now in the care of Howell Edwards Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Directors."

KENNETH

Kenneth Lee Banaka BIRTH 21 Sep 1917 Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA DEATH 7 Jan 1969 (aged 51) La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Hillcrest Cemetery La Grande, Union County, Oregon, MEMORIAL ID 45300588 · " PFC 32 Armor 3rd Armd Div World War II. Father of Larry Banaka, Patricia Baker, and Ilene Floan"


HAROLD

Harold W. Banaka BIRTH 15 Sep 1919 Yuma County, Colorado, USA DEATH 14 Oct 2010 (aged 91) Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Holyoke Memorial Park Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 60845255

WALTER

August 1950 "Walter Banaka, who lives in the northeast part of Yuma county, is being held in the county jail at Holyoke pending investigation of the death, on Sunday morning, of Cyril Goddard of Champion, Neb. The Nebraska man died in an Imperial, Neb., hospital. Banaka and Goddard allegedly engaged in an altercation at a dance at Holyoke Saturday night. Both were fined after the fight and released. No charges had been filed against Banaka yesterday."

Walter E. Banaka BIRTH 12 Nov 1925 Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA DEATH 19 Jun 1989 (aged 63) McCleary, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA BURIAL Sunset Memorial Park Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA MEMORIAL ID 90776465 ·
"Walter E. Banaka was born November 12, 1925 in Holyoke. He was raised and attended school in the northeast section of Colorado. Walter passed away June 19, 1989 at the Mark Reed Hospital in McCleary, Washington at the age of 63.
Banaka served with the Navy from 1944-46. He was stationed aboard the tanker USS Charles S. Jones, which toured ports in Australia, India, Iran and Egypt.
In 1947, he married Norma Stroup at St. Francis, Kansas. She survives at the family home in Elma, Washington.
In 1953, the family moved from Colorado to Hoquiam, Washington. He worked at Hoquiam Plywood, Blagen's Mill and from 1957-66, he worked for the City of Hoquiam as an equipment operator. He then worked for Interstate Asphalt Co. until 1981.
With his brother Donald, he started the Banaka Brothers Trucking Co. in 1970. He was a member of the operating Engineers Local No. 302, past commander of the Hoquiam American Legion Post No. 16 and amember of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6482 in Holyoke.
Banaka enjoyed his work and often used his skills to help friends. He was an avid hunter and loved to go fishing when his work load permitted. He took great pride in keeping his home, yard and gardenneat and clean.
Besides his wife at the family home, he is survived by a daughter, Joyce Ann Banaka of Seattle, Washington; a brother Harold Banaka of Wray; three sisters, Alta Winter of Hoquiam, Washington, Ethel Jones of Salem, Oregon, and Marjorie Miner of Wapato, Washington.
A son, Walter Gale Banaka, died in 1951. In addition, four brothers died before him. Leslie and Samuel were killed in action in World War II and Kenneth and Donald have also died.
Funeral services were held Friday, June 23 at the Coleman Chapel in Elma, Washington. Vault interment with military honors followed in Sunset Memorial Park with Coleman Mortuary in charge of the arrangements.

DONALD

Donald V. Banaka BIRTH 11 Sep 1927 Alvin, Yuma County, Colorado, USA DEATH 10 Dec 1973 (aged 46) Seattle, King County, Washington, USA BURIAL Sunset Memorial Park Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA MEMORIAL ID 90776731 ·
In 1900 Edmund, Oklahoma, Fredrick Els 37 Head Henrietty Els 36 Wife William Els 12 Son Hago Els 10 Son Freddy Els 7 Son Sophia Els 7 Daughter Minnie Els 5 Daughter Elvina Els 3 Daughter

Hannah Joan Harris Woodring BIRTH 1857 Ohio, USA DEATH 1893 (aged 35–36) Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Amity Cemetery Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA MEMORIAL ID 62078443.

1900 DeKalb County, Missouri, Lewis J Woodring 44 Head Mary A Woodring 32 Wife Myrta L Woodring 16 Daughter Rosa B Woodring 14 Daughter Bessie M Woodring 11 Daughter Josie A Woodring 9 Daughter Mary G Brown 13 Step Daughter.

Lewis Jacob Woodring BIRTH 12 Aug 1855 Fulton County, Ohio, USA DEATH 11 Feb 1946 (aged 90) Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Amity Cemetery Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA MEMORIAL ID 62078442
Mary Alice Kerns Woodring BIRTH 17 Nov 1867 DeKalb County, Missouri, USA DEATH 28 Jan 1938 (aged 70) DeKalb County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Amity Cemetery Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA MEMORIAL ID 62078445

December 1935 " Mr. and Mrs. Woodring and Mrs. Sam Duke of Amitie, Mo., and Mrs. Rosa Lang of Omaha, Neb., came Friday to visit a week with Mrs. Bill Ban aka. Mr. and Mra. Woodring are Mrs. Banaka’3 parents and Mrs. Duke and Mrs. Lang are her sisters."
August 1945 "Mr. L. G. Woodring was the guest of honor at a surprise birthday dinner on Sunday, Aug. 12, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Banaka. Mr. Woodring celebrated his 90th birthday on that date and the affair was given in honor of the event. A fine dinner was served and the day spent in a pleasant social manner. Those present were the guest of honor, Mr. L. J. Woodring, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ethridge, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ethridge and children, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ethridge and children, Mr. Jess Woodring and the host and hostess. The Rattler also joins his many friends in extending congratulations to Mr. Woodring on being 90 years young."

William Banaka Marriage Date: 6 Nov 1912 Marriage Place: Amity, De Kalb, Missouri, USA Spouse: Bessie Woodring

William Earnest Banaka registered for WWI in Yuma County, farming, born August 2, 1887 in Netawaha, Kansas, with a wife and child.

1920 Yuma County, William E Banaka 31 Head Bessie M Banaka 31 Wife Thelma Banaka 3 Daughter

1930, William E Banaka 42 Head Bessie B Banaka 41 Wife Thelma A Banaka 13 Daughter

In 1940 Holyoke, Colorado, William E Blanaka 52 Head Bessie M Blanaka 51 Wife.

William Earnest. Banaka BIRTH 2 Aug 1887 Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA DEATH 11 May 1965 (aged 77) Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 16994608

Bessie Maud Woodring Banaka BIRTH 14 Dec 1888 Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA DEATH Mar 1974 (aged 85) Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 16994595

Thelma Eileen Banaka Ethridge BIRTH 21 Dec 1916 Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA DEATH 21 Nov 1962 (aged 45) Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 81745035
Harold Lawrence “Pat” Ethridge BIRTH 19 Oct 1912 Carroll County, Illinois, USA DEATH 19 Aug 1993 (aged 80) Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 81745009


"Funeral services were held Friday, December 14, 1973, from the First United Methodist Church, Hoquiam, Washington, for Donald Banaka, former Holyoke resident, who passed away Monday, December 10, in a Seattle hospital.
Donald V. Banaka, 46, a Hoquiam resident for the past three years, was born September 11, 1927 in Alvin, Colorado. He attended school in Colorado and was married to Barbara Martin in Yuma County. He had worked at Grays Harbor Veneer in Hoquiam during World War II and returned to Colorado following the war.
He had been active in farming and custom farm work before returning to Hoquiam in 1970. He was affiliated with his brother Walter in Banaka Brothers Trucking after returning to Harbor. They did most of their work for Interstate Asphalt Co. He had been retired the past year because of illness.
He was a member of the Washington Dump Truckers Association and the Teamsters Chauffeurs Local No. 699, Hoquiam.
Besides his wife Barbara at the family home, 528 Karr Ave., he is survived by two daughters, Betty Jean and Becky Sue and a son Jerry Lee, all of Hoquiam; three sisters, Mrs. Elmer (Alta) Winter, Hoquiam, Mrs. Norman (Marjorie) Miner, Wapoto; and Mrs. Walter (Ethel) Jones, Salem, Oregon; two brothers, Walter, Hoquiam, and Harold W., Holyoke, and numerous other relatives."


"Mrs. Henrietta Els, aged seventy-six, died Monday night, January 24 at the home of her son Henry Els in the Cement neighborhood. Mrs. Els had been a resident of this state for a number of years and had made her home with her son. Short funeral services will be held at Holyoke with another service and interment at her old home in Missouri. Mrs. Els is survived by three children, Henry, Carl of Wray, and Mrs. Sophia Krautchen of north of Wray."
Henrietta Heers Els BIRTH 21 Apr 1866 Germany DEATH 24 Jan 1944 (aged 77) Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Netawaka Cemetery Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 10628106

February 1944 "H. H. Banaka received a message Monday night that his mother, Mrs. Els of near Alvin had passed away. The remains were taken to Kansas for burial. We extend our sincre sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Banaka. "

December 21, 1961 "Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Lockwood Mortuary for H. H. (Pete) Banaka, a resident of north of Wray since 1919, who died at his farm home Tuesday of last week. The Rev. Willis C. Wirehart officiated at the funeral service that was followed by burial in Grandview cemetery.
Hugo Henry Banaka was born on August 3, 1889, at Netawaka. Kansas. In 1918 he came to Wray and bought a farm north of Wray. On December 28, 1918, he was married to Minnie Dachenhausen at Topeka, Kan., and the couple came here the following year to establish their home. Mr. Banaka continued his residence on the place until his death. Mrs. Banaka died in 1951.
The couple were the parents of two children, a boy who died in infancy, and a daughter. Mrs. Lorene Mattox of Denver. Besides his daughter, survivors include one granddaughter, Diane; a brother, William Banaka of Wray; a sister, Mrs. Sophia Krautschen of Denver; two half-sisters, Mrs. Caroline Enyeart of Toppenish, Wash., and Mrs. Louise Morelli of St. Louis, Mo., and three half-brothers, Carl Els of Max, Neb., Henry Els of Wray, and Fred Els of Topeka. Kan. "
Hugo Henry Banaka BIRTH 3 Aug 1889 Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA DEATH 11 Dec 1961 (aged 72) Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 16994598

Minnie Sophia Dachenhausen Banaka BIRTH 7 Aug 1889 Kansas, USA DEATH 1951 (aged 61–62) Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 16994602

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