Banks, Joan Ellen

1924 - 2019  (95 years)

• Name	Banks, Joan Ellen
  Birth	2 Feb 1924	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  	Age: 37
  	Address: 4401 Bryant Ave. South
  	Role: Daughter
  Census	1940	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  	Age: 47
  	Address: 4401 Bryant Ave. South
  	Role: Daughter
  Occupation	1944	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  	Saleswoman
  Residence	1944	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  	Occupation: Saleswoman
  Marriage Announcement	23 Sep 1946	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [3]
  	Role: Wife
  Census	1950	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States   [4]
  	Age: 28
  	Role: Wife
  EducationYearbook	University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  Find A Grave	Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States   [5]
  	278576671
  	Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/278576671/joan_ellen-green: accessed February 26, 2025), memorial page for Joan Ellen Banks Green (2 Feb 1924–16 May 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 278576671, citing Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Charles Banks (contributor 48315401).
  Residence	1993	Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Residence	1996	Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States
  _AMTID	122722688956:1030:207924248
  _COLOR	21
  _COLOR1	25
  _FSFTID	GW4Z-33G
  _UID	300AA39771B640B48D642464AFE5AA165CE2
  Death	16 May 2019	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Burial	Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I13	Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Banks, DDS Dr Henry Oscar,   b. 27 Nov 1891, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States d. 23 Sep 1959, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Perlman, Dorothy K,   b. 1 Mar 1895, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States d. 19 Feb 1984, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1916	Ocean Park, Los Angeles, California, United States   [6]
  	"California, Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9CG-YDT2 : 24 March 2020), Dr. Henry O. Banks, 1916. 2473
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Greenblatt, Heimer Abraham,   b. 21 Mar 1922, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States d. 9 Oct 2007, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1944	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [7]
  	4830195
  Children	1. Greenblatt, Henry Garyjoel,   b. 9 May 1948, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. Living
  Family ID	F736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Feb 1924 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Census - Age: 37,Address: 4401 Bryant Ave. South - 1930 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Census - Age: 47,Address: 4401 Bryant Ave. South - 1940 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Occupation - Saleswoman - 1944 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Residence - Occupation: Saleswoman - 1944 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Marriage - 10 Apr 1944 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Marriage Announcement - 23 Sep 1946 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Census - Age: 28 - 1950 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States EducationYearbook - - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find A Grave - 278576671 - - Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States Residence - 1993 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States Residence - 1996 - Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States Death - 16 May 2019 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Burial - - Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  It is strange that there is no information about the entire Green Family either in family records or on the Internet. I know that they made their money as slum loards in LA and probably wanted to keep their lives private so that no one could find them. I will always have two vivid memories of the type of person Joan was. While visiting my father in Palm Desert Joan apparently purchased a new Bently. She made plans to take dad out to dinner which included me. I'll never forget ALL the attempts she made to have dad ask "Is this a new car". Joan kept on throwing casual hints about the new car but dad did not say anything. By the end of the evening she finally said that her driver, Joe, had to take a class to learn about her new car. When I talked to dad about this later he just said Joanny was Joanny. Fucking Bitch always threw her wealth at us, very gently of course. My last memory of Joan was her pushing me away at my father's funeral when I went to give her a hug. Apparently, everyone was "forbidden" to let me know when she died. Jeff Green would not even sit next to me at a birthday party for Uncle Jud.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] 1930 United States Federal Census, 12b and 13a, T626, 2,667 rolls. Banks, Henry Oscar (1891-1959) - [CENSUS] 1930 Minneapolis MN 12b.jpg Bank, Samuel Aaron (1870 - 1916) - [CENSUS] 1910 Minneapolis MN 7a.jpg [S15] 1940 United States Federal Census, 3a, T627, 4,643 rolls. Banks, Henry Oscar (1891-1959) - [CENSUS] 1940 Minneapolis MN 3a.jpg Age: 47 [S43] Marriage Announcement - Minneapolis Star Tribune, 26 September 1943. Greenblatt, Heimer Abraham (1922 - 2007) - [NEWSPAPER] 1943 Joan Banks Minneapolis MN.jpg [S17] 1950 United States Federal Census, 41. Greenblatt, Heimer Abraham (1922-2007) - [CENSUS] 1950 Los Angeles CA 41.jpg [S46] U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, web; 26 February 2025; Joan Ellen Banks (1924-2019 ) ; 278576671 ; Hillside Memorial Park ; Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States ; Charles Banks (contributor 48315401); Charles Banks (contributor 48315401). Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/278576671/joan_ellen-green: accessed February 26, 2025), memorial page for Joan Ellen Banks Green (2 Feb 1924–16 May 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 278576671, citing Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Charles Banks (contributor 48315401). [Find A Grave] {278576671} Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States | Joan Ellen Banks (1924-2019 ) Banks, Joan Ellen (1924-2019 ) [Find A Grave] Hillside Memorial Park.pdf [S86] California Marriages, Los Angeles; 2473 ; 6 January 1916; Henry Oscar Banks ; Dorothy K Perlman . California, Marriages, 1850-1945 database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9CG-YDT2 24 March 2020), Dr. Henry O. Banks, 1916. Marriage 2473 Ocean Park, Los Angeles, California, United States Henry Oscar Banks (1891-1959 ) and Dorothy K Perlman (1895-1984 ) Banks, Henry Oscar (1891 - 1959) - [MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE] 1916 Dorothy Perlman.jpg [S61] Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019, 10-04-1944 ; Heimer Abraham Greenblatt ; Joan Ellen Banks ; 4830195 ; Hennepin. Marriage 4830195 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Heimer Abraham Greenblatt (1922-2007 ) and Joan Ellen Banks (1924-2019 ) Greenblatt, Heimer Abraham (1922 - 2007) - [MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE] 1944 Joan E Banks.pdf