Edith Mathews Banta LAST NAME: Banta FIRST NAME: Edith MIDDLE NAME: Mathews NICKNAME:  MAIDEN NAME: Thompson AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3:  TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY:  BORN: 28 Aug 1854 DIED: 22 Apr 1935 BURIED: 25 Apr 1935 ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife BIRTH PLACE:  England DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon NOTES:  Marion County Burial Name of father Francis Thompson OBITUARY:  EDITH BANTA, 80, PASSES AWAY in SALEM 45 YEARS Mrs. Edith Banta, 80, a resident of Salem 45 years and a charter member of the Nazarene church here, passed away at a local hospital Monday.  She was born in England in 1854, coming to the United States 36 years later. Her husband died in 1932. One son, Francis Banta, who had been a member of company M, died in 1922. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. C. R. Moore of Salem; three sisters, Blanche, Annie and Isabelle Thompson of Birmingham, England; three brothers, George E., Charles and Frank Thompson, also of Birmingham; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held under direction of Clough Barrick company Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Nazarene church, 13th and Center streets. Rev. Marvin Jobbe will officiate and interment will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Oregon Statesman 23 Apr 1935 5:7  BANTA -- Mrs. Edith Banta, at a local hospital Monday, April 22, at the age of 80 years. Late resident of 1805 Capitol street.  Survived by daughter, Mrs. C. R. Moore, Salem; two sisters, Misses Blanche and Annie Thompso, both of Birmingham, England; three brothers, George E., Charles and Frank of Birmingham, England. She leaves also six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held from the Nazarene church, 13th and Center, Thursday, April 25 at 2 p.m., under the direction of Clough-Barrick company, Rev. Marvin Jobe, officiating minister. Interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.  Oregon Statesman, 25, Apr 1935, 5:2 INSCRIPTION:  Edith Banta  Aug 28, 1854 Apr. 21, 1935  At Rest  SOURCES:  LR  LD  OSBH DC (Marion County 1935) #333  S&H pg 30  Saucy Survey & Photographs OS 23, Apr 1935, 5:7  OS 25, Apr 1935, 5:2 CONTACTS:  LOT: 295 SPACE: 2 NE N½ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.222' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.737' IMAGES: