Banton

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Funeral Rites Set Mrs. Cassie Florina Banton, 65, La Grande, died at a local hospital yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Saturday in the Dempsey-Snodgrass Chapel with the Rev. C. Kopp officiating. Burial will be in the city cemetery. Mrs. Banton was born in La Grande, Jan. 10, 1894 and was a resident here her entire life. She married Claude Baker in 1914 and the couple had three children. Mr. Baker died in 1928. In 1941 she married Eugene Banton who was a victim of the Union county powder house explosion … Read more

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Services Set For Accident Victim Funeral services will be held this afternoon, Thursday April 28, 1955 at two o’clock from the chapel of the Snodgrass Funeral Home for Henry Eugene (Gene) Banton who lost his life early Monday morning, in the Union County powder house explosion. Rev. Gene Robinson will officiate and interment will be in the family plot of the City cemetery. He was born in La Grande, February 1895, residing here all of his life. He was a member of the B.P.O.E. No. 433 and the Mt. Emily Post No. 2990, Veterans of … Read more