Kelly Michele Banner

With heavy hearts, we wish to announce the unexpected passing of Kelly Michele Banner, aged 65, in Sacramento, California, on May 11, 2024, due to natural causes.

Kelly was born on November 14,1958, in Midland, Michigan, to Adam Paul Banner and Lois Katherine Estep Banner.  After graduating in 1976 from Midland High School, she attended nursing school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She enjoyed a successful nursing career in several states. She was employed as a PACU nurse at the VA Hospital in Sacramento at the time of her death.

Kelly’s life legacy was her career as a registered nurse for over 40 years. The devotion to patients under her care was indisputable.  The combination of her experience, commitment to learning and deep compassion for all beings, was the secret to her extraordinary nursing care. One career highlight was caring for VA patients, inspired by her father’s WWII military service.

Grounded in her deep faith, she shared her life’s mission with friends and family, by encouraging them to understand and advocate for their own health care needs. She was a model of self-advocacy as she navigated her own personal health issues.

Kelly had an adventurous spirit, living in cities along the West coast, collecting friends along the way.  Every person and dog that met Kelly would enjoy a warm heart, a silly sense of humor, and a quick smile.

Kelly’s legacy will live on through all the lives she touched. Kelly was a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, daughter and friend.  She will be missed by her family, coworkers and her many friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents.  She is survived by her daughter Courtney Marie Erickson (née Imbler) (Scott) of Noblesville, Indiana, and her grandchildren Cecilia Erickson and Nils Erickson of Noblesville, Indiana.  She is also survived by her three older brothers who loved her dearly – Kurt Feneley (Annette) of Warsaw, Indiana; Mike Banner (Sue) of The Villages, Florida; and Howie Banner (Rosemary) of Saginaw, Michigan; many cousins, nieces and nephews; and her dog, Morgan.

The family requests that you consider sharing a memory on the personal page at Sierra View in Carmichael, CA www.sacramentofuneralandcremation.com or make a contribution to your local animal shelter, as a way to honor her legacy.

Celebration of life arrangements are pending.