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Submitted: 12/3/15 • Approved: 12/17/15 • Last Updated: 4/17/18 • R779461-G779455-S3
John
Nov 29, 1861 - Nov 23, 1913
Stella
June 26, 1873 - Apr 30, 1944
Parents:
James Madison Voyles (1839 - 1881)
Nancy Dallas Mayberry Witherell (1847 - 1928)
Spouses:
Daniel Green Moore (1871 - 1892)
John Homer McEwen (1861 - 1913)
Walter W. Banta (1871 - 1954)
Obituary
MACON CHRONICLE-HERALD, Macon, Missouri, Monday, May 1, 1944
SERVICES TOMORROW FOR MRS. WALTER BANTA
Stella Banta, wife of Walter Banta, died at her home in Macon Sunday morning after a lingering illness. She was born June 26, 1873 and at the time of her death was 70 years, 10 months and 4 days old.
Surviving are her husband; one son, Homer McEwen of Leonard; one daughter, Mrs. Roy Belt of Macon; two brothers, Ed Voyles of Leonard, and Harvey Voyles of Cherry Box; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, four step-children, and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held at the Cherry Box Christian Church Tuesday afternoon with burial in the Cherry Box Cemetery.
The body is at the Albert Skinner Funeral Home where it will remain until the funeral hour.
SHELBY COUNTY HERALD, Shelbyville, Missouri, Wednesday, May 3, 1944
RITES HELD FOR MRS. STELLA BANTA
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Christian Church in Cherry Box for Mrs. Stella Banta, 70, who died Sunday at her home in Macon following a lingering illness. Burial was at Cherry Box.
Mrs. Banta is survived by her husband, W.W. Banta; a son and a daughter, H.L. McEwen of Leonard, and Mrs. Roy Belt of Macon.
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