Stearns Bank founder dies
Stearns Bank founder and longtime owner Norman Skalicky died Sunday at age 87. [Continue]
South Dakota banking icon Farrar dies at 92
Prolific Midwest bank owner and former South Dakota governor Frank Farrar died Sunday at the age of 92. [Continue]
Former ICBA chair dies at 85
Former Independent Community Bankers of America Chair Thomas Harold Olson, Sr., died peacefully July 26 at 85 years old. [Continue]
Former banking leader dies at 88
Richard Doolittle, former banking leader, died on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Menomonee Falls, Wis., at the age of 88. [Continue]
CrossFirst vice chair passes away
George F. Jones, Jr., 77, vice chair of CrossFirst Bankshares, passed away on May 21, the Leawood, Kan.-based company announced. [Continue]
Longtime BankNews editor passes away
Bill Poquette, longtime editor of BankNews magazine and BankNews Midweek, passed away March 12 after a six-month battle with cancer. [Continue]
Banking’s Bill Winter passes away
Bank marketing expert William “Bill” Winter has died. He was 80 years old, passing away on March 2, 2021. [Continue]
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]