William BANKS

1921 - 2004  (83 years)

• Name	William BANKS
  Birth	27 Aug 1921	Crow Wing County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1921-08141
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2004-MN-037144
  Death	20 Dec 2004	Aitkin County, Minnesota
  Burial	23 Dec 2004	Bennettville Cemetery, Hazelton Twp, Aitkin County, Minnesota
  Notes	His obit: William Banks, 83, Aitkin, died Dec. 20, 2004, at his home. He was born Aug. 27, 1921, in Ross Lake Township of Crow Wing County, the son of Grover Cleveland and Martha Jane (Hatton) Banks. He attended country school in Ross Lake Township until he reached ninth grade at which time he attended school in Aitkin. He joined the U.S. Army and served during World War II as an MP. Upon his discharge, he returned to the Aitkin area and married Opal Randall on June 3, 1945, in Superior, Wis. They made their home in the Aitkin area and he worked for sawmills for a time and then he worked in the mines at Crosby. He then worked for a mining company at Keewatin until his retirement in 1979. He was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in Aitkin and the Aitkin American Legion Post. He enjoyed gardening, snowblowing and helping others. Funeral services were Dec. 13 at the Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church with the Rev. Gunnar Salmonson officiating. Burial will be in the Bennettville Cemetery. Military honors were provided by the Aitkin VFW and American Legion posts. He is survived by his wife, Opal; sons and daughters-in-law, Ernest “Harry” and Bonnie Banks, St. Framcis; Donald and Barbara Banks, Calumet; and William and Suetta Banks, Aitkin; daughters and sons-in-law, Martha and Randy Wide, New Ulm; Jeanette and Roger Andrews, Brooklyn Park; Bonnie and Joseph Mores, Fairborn, Ohio; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; sisters, Sara Dotzler, Aitkin and Hannah Dockter, Des Moines, Wash. He was preceded in death by his parents, one grandson, two brothers, and four sisters. Arrangements were with Sorenson-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitkin. According to enlistment records, William Banks enlisted on 10 February 1941 in Aitkin. He entered the Corps of Military Police as a Private in the National Guard. His height was 68 and his weight was 169. He was single, without dependents, and his civilian occupation was farm hand. He had a grammar school education and claimed that he was born in 1919.
  Person ID	I6902	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Grover Cleveland BANKS,   b. 30 Apr 1884, Kentucky d. 24 Apr 1965, Aitkin County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Martha Jane HATTON,   b. 10 Jul 1880, Kentucky d. 30 Dec 1967, Aitkin County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1902	Kentucky
  Family ID	F4974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	O.M. RANDALL
  Family ID	F5275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2009