Former U.S. Bank head dies
Jack Grundhofer, former chair, president and CEO of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, passed away Jan. 24 at the age of 82. [Continue]
ATM industry veteran dies
LeRoy Huntimer, a respected veteran of the ATM industry, died of Glioblastoma Multiforme cancer on Dec. 9. He was 56. [Continue]
Kansas State ag expert dies
Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh, a revered ag policy expert from Kansas State University, Manhattan, died Tuesday morning in Topeka, Kan. He was 78 years old. Flinchbaugh was well-known and admired in his field, and was the third person to be honored with the Blanchfield Award from the American Bankers Association. [Continue]
Premier Banks founder dies
Donald B. Regan, founder and chair of Premier Banks, Maplewood, Minn., died at age 91 on Oct. 23, peacefully surrounded by family. He founded the bank in 1974 as Maplewood State Bank, which was the smallest of Minnesota’s 714 banks at the time with $1.5 million in capital and no clients. Now, Premier’s assets are at $1.1 billion, with $123 million in capital. [Continue]
Former ICBA chair passes away
Michigan banker Jim MacPhee passed away after a year-long battle with brain cancer at Rose Arbor Hospice in Michigan on earlier this month. [Continue]
Community banker Lon Rylander dies
Longtime Minnesota community banker Lon Rylander passed away Sept. 9. Rylander had been CEO of First State Bank of Ashby, which became part of Alexandria-based Viking Bank in 2019. [Continue]
Former Idaho Bankers head dies
Barbara Mae Strickfaden, former head of the Idaho Bankers Association, died August 28, 2020. She was 81 years old. [Continue]
Bank Iowa cofounder passes away
Harry Barr, who cofounded Bank Iowa in 1976 with a pair of business partners, passed away July 1 at the age of 84. [Continue]
Castle Rock banker, Dan Nicolai, passes away
Life-long community banker and patriarch of the 104-year-old Castle Rock Bank in Castle Rock, Minn., passed away June 13. He was 88. [Continue]
Icon of agricultural banking dies
Frank Bruning, chairman emeritus of Bruning State Bank in Bruning, Neb., died June 1 after a fall at his home. Bruning began his life’s work in 1964, working in the bank his grandfather helped launch in the late 1800s. The bank was then called The German Bank, a nod to the family’s ancestry. The family changed the name of the bank to Bruning State Bank after World War I. [Continue]