In Memory of

Don O. Banker, 65, Harrisonville, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 1998, in Cass Medical Center, Harrisonville. The son of John William and Olive Bullard Banker, he was born March 24, 1933, at Rolla, Kan.

He was married to Helen Baker Oct. 22, 1951. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1956. He was a test lab technician for Allied Signal Co. in Kansas City, retiring after 32 years. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Jim and Robert Banker. Survivors include his wife, Helen, of the home; two children, Todd Banker of Harrisonville and Donna Stearns of Kansas City; three sisters, Bernadine O'Neal of Eudora, Kan., Jackie Collins of Dumas, Texas, and Nan Mattern of Cadiz, Ohio; three brothers, Carl Banker of Hermiston, Ore., Ed Banker of Kent, Wash., and Walter Banker of The Dalles, Ore.; and four grandchildren.

Services were Tuesday, Dec. 29, in Murray Chapel, Humansville, with the Rev. Don Covington officiating. Pallbearers were Brandon Banker, Mike Stearns, Carl Banker, Ed Banker, Walt Banker, Bill Baker, Buzz Baker and Art Mattern. Interment was in Alder Cemetery, west of Humansville.