Alvin and Eleanor Banks

Alvin Ray Banks, 1919 - 1987
Eleanor Maxine Thom, 1922 -

Eleanor Banks was born May 12, 1922, at Peck, Kansas, to Hugo William and Stella Pearl (Moomau) Thom. She has one brother, Wayne Thom. She was baptized December 24, 1922, by Pastor H.J. Lloeppelweroh at Peck, Kansas. She was confirmed April 24, 1938, by Pastor P.G. Krause in St. John's Lutheran Church in Nashville, Kansas.
Alvin Ray Banks was born January 25, 1919, at Maxey, Colorado, to Arthur Ray and Cora Gladys (Ammann) Banks, the eldest of three children.
Alvin Ray Banks and Eleanor Maxine Thom were married September 26, 1948, at her parents' home near Isabel, Kansas, by Pastor Herman Seyfert. Their children are Alan Roger, born August 14, 1949 at Nashville Hospital, Nashville, Kansas; and Galen Gene, born December 25, 1951, at Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Ray was called to serve in the army during World War II from March 1942 until October 1945. He was a farmer. He died January 8, 1987.
Roger married Linda Gerant and they have three children: Kenny, Karen and Kevin. They live in Harper, Kansas. Galen married Carolyn Sharp and they have three children: Chad, Kyle and Gala. They live in Pratt, Kansas.
Eleanor lives on the farm where she and Ray moved in May 1949. Her sons do the farming. Eleanor enjoys sewing and she cared for her mother until her death July 20, 1992.

Source: St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial, Nashville, KS. 1883 - 1983, pg. 23.
Submitted by: Eleanor Maxine Banks 

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