Kathleen "Kathy" Estella Banta 1934-2012

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Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/29/2012 at 20:22:42

Sioux City Journal
April 15, 2012

ANTHON, Iowa -- Kathy E. Banta, 78, of Anthon entered into rest at her home in Anthon on Thursday, April 12, 2012, following a courageous fight with cancer.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Oto United Church of Christ in Oto, Iowa, with the Rev. Karen Handke officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery at Anthon, Iowa. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Monday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Armstrong Funeral Home in Anthon. Online condolences can be directed to the family at armstrongfuneral.com.

Kathleen "Kathy" Estella Banta was born Jan. 18, 1934, at Osgood, Pa., the daughter of Guy Perry and Marie Estella (DeNoma) McClimans. She grew up in Pennsylvania, where she attended school. The family moved to Ohio, and later to South Sioux City, Neb.

Kathy moved to Sioux City, where she met her future husband, Duane "Tuck" Banta, while working at Swift's. They were married on Aug. 17, 1950, in Elk Point, S.D. They moved to Oto, Iowa, where they raised livestock and also ran the Banta Cafe for a period of three years. For a time, the family lived at Smithland, Iowa, still raising livestock. Kathy and her kids really enjoyed caring for the lambs they bottle fed. Caring for people was one of Kathy's attributes that also led her into becoming a C.N.A., a job she found she really enjoyed as well.

Kathy was a member of the Oto United Church of Christ, was the volunteer grandparent for the Anthon Head Start, and also volunteered for the Woodbury County Community Action Agency.

Survivors include her great-granddaughter, Ali of Anthon, whom she was raising; granddaughter, Tami Alioth and her husband, David, of Anthon, and their five children, Cole, Gage, Broc, Khloee and Danika; great-granddaughter, Kiali Banta and her friend, Trevor Venteicher of Battle Creek, Iowa, and their daughter, Hope; a son, Duane Banta Jr. and his friend, Patty Gotto of Mapleton, Iowa; a daughter, Donna Reisdorph and her husband, Dan of Joplin, Mo.; a grandson, Alan and his wife, Becca of Houghton, La., and their girls, Kalin and Lizzy; a son, Ardell "Butch" Banta and his wife, Diana of Sioux City; grandkids, Ardell, Deanna, Tracy, Valerie, Ryan, Aaron, Amanda and Michael; great-grand kids, Kyle, Obreanna, Abby, Josie, Blake, Jacob, Lincoln, Maddison, Tayonna, Da Jahn and Leah; sisters and brothers-in-law, Joe, Don, Gin and Randy, Merle and Darlene, Ona and Don and Sandy; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane "Tuck"; her parents, Guy and Marie McClimans; her father and mother-in-law, George and Bertha Banta; sisters, Marion and Darlene; brothers, Glenn and James; a granddaughter, Hope; a grandson, Benji; brothers-in-law, Dewey and Chuck; a sister-in-law, Betty; nephews, Ricki and Danny; and a cousin, Bobby.