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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Willis, Laura LaVerna "Tone" Banks Laura LaVerna "Tone"
Willis, 72, a longtime Council
Grove resident, died Nov. 7,
2002, at the Morris County
Hospital in Council Grove. The funeral was Nov. 11, 2002. Burial was in Four Mile
Cemetery, south of Council
Grove.
She was born July 5, 1930,
on a farm in Morris County,
the youngest child of Joseph A.
and Laura B. Kellogg Banks.
At age 13, she began working
at a grocery store owned by
her sister Viola Malzer in
Stanley. She worked as a wait-
ress at the Old Hill Top Cafe,
the Saddle Rock Cafe, the
Hays House and the Pauline
Tavern. She also worked in an
egg factory in Winter, S.D., for
three years; doing laundry at
Fort Riley for two years; and at
IBP in Emporia. She also
cooked meals for the Army
National Guard in Council
Grove.
She is survived by her hus
band, Norman Willis, whom
she married on June 30, 1955,
in Cottonwood Falls. Her survivors also include a daughter, Reisa Blythe of
Council Grove; a son, Robert
Willis of Sterling; a brother,
Wayne Banks of Herington;
three sisters, Perla McGrew of
Texas, Verla Shearer of
Council Grove and Audrey
Kniebel of Omaha; nieces and
nephews. Three sisters, Viola Malzer,
Little Sister and Enid Chalker;
a half sister, Jessie; three
brothers, Lloyd Banks, Ernest
Banks and Novie Banks, a half
brother, Clyde Banks; and a
great-grandson, Cody Lange,
died earlier.
Contributions in her memory to the Council Grove Fire
Department's Helicopter Pad
Fund can be sent in care of the
Memorial Chapel of the Flint
Hills, 137 N. Union St.,
Council Grove, KS 66846.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Nov. 12, 2002
by Lorna Marvin
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