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Mrs.Mary Barton Banks,aged 32 years,of East Chicago,Ind.,died Thursday,Dec.24,1953,at 7 p.m.after a brief illness. A former resident of Monessen,the deceased was born here and graduated from Monessen High School with the class of 1939. Surviving are her husband,Capt.Jack Banks,stationed at Aberdeen,Md.,two daughters,Daphne Ranee,and Karen Ann,a son,Jack Jr.,five brothers,Clark and Joe,both of Monessen,Dr.Norman Barton,of Evanston,Ill.,Tom,of Boston,Mass.,and William,of Brooklyn,N.Y.,three sisters,Eleanor Tennant,of Brooklyn,Gertrude Turner,and Lillian Cook,both of Bowie,Md. The body will lie in state in East Chicago,until Tuesday evening,and will arrive in Monessen on Wednesday morning,when friends will be received at the Draper Funeral Home,Sixth street. The Altar Rose Society of St.Jude's Church,E.Chicago,held Requiem High Mass this morning. The remains will be taken to St.Leonard's R.C.Church on Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock with Rev.Owen J.Kirby officiating at Requiem High Mass. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper,mortician.

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