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Here's some BANTA obits I came across while researching. None are my line, and I have no further info.
All are from The New York Times.
Dec. 31, 1968 pg. 27
Frank E. Banta, 72;
N.B.C. Radio Ex-Aide
Avon, N.J., Dec. 30--
Frank E. Banta, a staff pianist for the National Broadcasting Company from the early days of radio in 1926 until his semi-retirement in 1951, died Friday at his home, 518 Fourth Avenue. He was 72 years old.
Mr. Banta had been pianist for the early radio show, "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round." He had made many recordings and had toured Europe three times as pianist with a male quartet, the Revelers. He was born in New York. Before moving here six years ago he had been a member of the Bronx Rotary Club. He belonged to Local 802, American Federation of Musicians, in New York and also Local 399 of Asbury Park. His widow, Cecelia, survives.
Jan. 10, 1965 pg. 92
Edwin V. Banta
Edwin V. Banta, who retired last August as head of the New York sales offices of Sebago-Moc Company, shoe manufacturers, died Thursday in Redlands, Calif., where he had moved. His age was 71.
Surviving are his widow, the former Crystal Herbert; two sons, Harry H. and Dr. Edwin V. Banta Jr., and five grandchildren.
Jan. 31, 1959 pg. 19
H. Raymond Banta
(Special to The New York Times)
Rumson, N.J., Jan. 30--
H. Raymond Banta, of Avenue of Two Rivers, retired export manager for the Quaker Oats Company, died today at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank. His age was 76.
Mr. Banta is survived by two sons, Dr. Edward E. Banta of Red Bank and Dr. Raymond E. Banta of Ridgewood, and five grandchildren.
Feb. 22, 1954 pg. 19
Lorenz J. Banta
West Hartford, Conn., Feb. 21 UPI--
Lorenz J. Banta, assistant secretary of the Travelers Fire Insurance Company, died at his home last night at the age of 59.
A member of the Hartford office for the last fourteen years, he also served for the same number of years in the New York office, where he had charge of adjustments in the metropolitan area.
May 19, 1953 pg. 29
Theodore M. Banta
Theodore M. Banta, chief of the Fire and Marine Division of the New York State Insurance Department, died on Saturday in Montreal, while on vacation. He lived at 86-04 150th Street, Jamaica, Queens.
Mr. Banta was appointed chief of the Fire and Marine Division on April 1 but had been acting head since last fall. The division has supervision of all fire and marine insurance companies operating within the state.
Since 1922, Mr. Banta had been associated with the division, which he joined after having worked for the New York State Insurance Fund. In 1932 he was made a senior examiner and eight years later became an associate examiner. During World War I, he served in the Navy.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. A. Z. Banta, and two sisters, Miss Helen Banta and Mrs. Oliver Smith.
September 18, 1910 pg. 13
Theodore M. Banta Dead
Was Cashier of New York Life Insurance Company for 46 Years
Theodore M. Banta, who retired from the cashiership of the New York Life Insurance Company several months ago after having been employed in the company more than half a century, died yesterday at his home in Glenbrook, Conn., at the age of 76. His health had been failing for the last year.
He was born in this city and was the son of Albert Zabriskie Banta. He was educated in the College of the City of New York and married Cornelia Crane. He entered the actuarial department of the New York Life in 1858 and became cashier in 1864. He was one of this city's Municipal Civil Service Commissioners in 1902-3. He was a member of the Holland, Huguenot, and many other historical societies and belonged to the National Arts and the Arkwright Clubs. He leaves two daughters, May and Effie M. Banta.
Jan. 25, 1949 pg. 24
Arthur P. Banta, 44, Sanitary Engineer
(Special to The New York Times)
Los Angeles, Jan. 24--
Arthur Perry Banta, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at California Institute of Technology, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home in Pasadena. He was 44 years old.
Mr. Banta was welll known in the field of sanitary engineering. At one time he served as a Los Angeles County sanitary engineer. He had been active in Pasadena community work.
After graduation from Stanford University, he received a master's degree from California Institute of Technology and joined the faculty of the latter shortly before the recent war. He received the Bronze Star decoration while serving in the Pacific theatre as a lieutenant colonel in the Corps of Engineers.
Mr. Banta received many professional honors, including the James Lauria prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers, of which he was an active member.
He was a member of the Pasadena Rotary Club, the New Century Club and Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi fraternities.
Mr. Banta leaves his wife, Elizabeth; two sons and two daughters.
After a funeral service in Pasadena tomorrow, the body will be taken to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington for burial.
Next is a story that is the same person as the obit that follows it-
Jan. 29, 1955 pg. 8
Honored By Lutherans
Lay Leader and Missionary in Chinatown Cited by Society
The Lutheran Society of New York presented distinguished service citations last night to Dr. Henry Beisler, a Bellevue, N. J. layman, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Banta, for fifty years a missionary at the True Light Chinese Lutheran Church in New York's Chinatown.
The presentation was made at the society's forty-first anniversary dinner at the Sheraton Astor Hotel.
Dr. Beisler has served for many years as a member of the Board of American Missions, the Board of Publication, and the Executive Board of the United Lutheran Church in America.
During her service in Chinatown, Miss Banta adopted and reared nineteen Chinese boys and girls.
Alvin H. Schaegiger, president of the society, presided, and the Rev. Dr. Oscar A. Benson, president of the National Lutheran Council, delivered the principal address. His topic was, "Immediate Imperative."
June 8, 1971 pg. 43
Mary Elizabeth Banta Is Dead;
Long A Missionary in Chinatown
Mary Elizabeth Banta, a Lutheran missionary who was known as the "mother of Chinatown" because of her service there, died Thursday at the Wartburg Lutheran Home for the aging in Brooklyn. She was 95 years old. Miss Banta had taught and aided Chinatown residents for more than 50 years. She also reared at least a dozen Chinese youngsters who called her "mother" and lived in her home.
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