Harold Irwin Bankes, 87, of Canton died at 5:36 a.m. Saturday, March 28, 1998, in the emergency room at Graham Hospital.
He was born Aug. 9, 1910, in Rushville, a son of John J. and Druzzla Irwin Bankes. He married Alberta Larimore on March 16, 1930, in Lewistown. She survives.
Also surviving are one son, Ronald of Canton; one daughter, F. Marilyn Madson of Ipava; one brother, Leonard of Rushville; one sister, Louise Gossage of Rushville; 11 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
One son, one great-granddaughter and four sisters preceded him in death.
A member of International Union of Machinists, he was a mechanic at Camp Ellis during World War II. He later was a mechanic for Burlington Truck Lines in Galesburg, Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis for 19 years, retiring in 1975. He was a member of Locust Lane United Methodist Church in rural Canton.
Services were held today at Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Canton with Gene Danner officiating. Burial was in Littleton Cemetery in Littleton.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
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