From The Indianapolis News , Friday, January 22, 1926: Shortly before noon today, Grace May Banta Urbahns was administered the oath of office at her home, 404 E. 43 rd St, becoming the first woman treasurer of the state of Indiana and the first woman to hold a major office provided by the state Constitution. Her accension to this office followed the death of her husband, Bernhardt “Ben” Henry Urbahns who had been elected state treasurer in 1924. Urbahns died the previous