ICBA past chair Bill McQuillan dies
Independent Community Bankers of America Past Chair Bill McQuillan died Dec. 4 at the age of 76 in Lakewood, Colo. [Continue]
Northeast Bank’s Belva Rasmussen dies
Belva H. Rasmussen, long-time owner of Northeast Bank in Minneapolis, has died at age 86. [Continue]
Star Bank Chair and CEO Harry Wahlquist passes away at 85
Harold G. “Harry” Wahlquist, chair and CEO of Star Bank, Maple Lake, Minn., passed away July 19, 2024, after an approximately year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Wahlquist, whose career in banking began in 1960, was 85. [Continue]
Longtime Minnesota banker John Crinklaw dies
Longtime Minnesota banker John Crinklaw died June 23 at the age of 82. [Continue]
Longtime Minnesota banker dies at 80
Longtime Minnesota bank executive Thomas Burich died March 27 at the age of 80 at his home in Hutchinson, Minn., according to an obituary in the Minneapolis StarTribune. [Continue]
Prominent North Dakota banker dies at 78
Leland Manford Stenehjem, Jr., former president and chair of Watford City, N.D.-based First International Bank and Trust, died Feb. 28 at his home in Phoenix at the age of 78. [Continue]
Retired North Dakota banker dies of lung cancer complications
Prominent former North Dakota banker Eric Hardmeyer died Feb. 25 at the age of 64 from complications of lung cancer. [Continue]
Omaha banking leader Bruce Lauritzen dies at 80
Prominent Omaha banking leader Bruce Lauritzen died on Feb. 20 at the age of 80. [Continue]
CSBS General Counsel John ‘Buz’ Gorman dies of cancer
Conference of State Bank Supervisors General Counsel John “Buz” Gorman died Feb. 6 following an eight-month battle with glioblastoma. [Continue]
Foresight Financial Group CFO dies unexpectedly
Winnebago, Ill.-based Foresight Financial Group CFO Jennifer Blumer died unexpectedly on Jan. 9 at her home. [Continue]