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]
UMACHA’s Fred Laing II passes away
Fred Laing, II, former president and CEO of UMACHA, passed away suddenly Nov. 27 at his home in Elk River, Minn. [Continue]
MutualFirst president, COO dies
Patrick Botts, president and chief operating officer of MutualFirst Financial, Inc., Muncie, Ind. He was 55 and also a director of the company. [Continue]
Nebraska banking icon Andrew “Skip” Hove dies
Icon of Nebraska community banking and longtime figure in Washington, D.C., regulatory circles, Andrew C. “Skip” Hove Jr., died in Lincoln, Neb., on August 18. He was 84. [Continue]
Credit expert, consultant, Jeff Judy dies
Jeff Judy, a long-time industry consultant, died Sunday, March 3 at his home in Bloomington, Minn. His firm, Jeff Judy & Associates, provided training in credit and other industry topics. [Continue]
Former Iowa banker Neighbor passes away
Morris F. Neighbor, former owner of Farmers Sate Bank of Marion, Iowa, died Feb. 11. He served as CEO of the bank until 1999. [Continue]