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Prominent Personalities Of Forest Park In Past Era
Dr. Orland profiles Forest Park banking history from 1874 to 1975, detailing Grosser family involvement at Harlem State Savings Bank and Forest Park National Bank, early currency exchange efforts, Marquardt led Savings & Loan opening in 1941, later consolidations, name changes, and the rise of two current Madison institutions with officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grosser
Grosser
Forest Park
Oak Park Trust & Savings Bank
Christina Fellman
Oak Park
Henry Rieck
Madison
Thomas
Hannah
Eugene Sodaro
Wilbert,Haase
Gottlieb Schwab
Howard C. Sammon
Hannah and Madison
First State Bank of
Forest Park National Bank
Howard F. Sammon
Raymond S. Ratajek
Edwin J. Connelly
C. William Hughes, Jr
Frank C. Ogden, Jr
Robert J. Rapp
Savings & Loan
Madison and
Desplaines
Marquardt
Clifford
John Long
Thode Hall
North America
Bensonville
North America Federal Savings & Loan Association
Clifford Marquardt
John J. Long
the Savings & Loan
F.J. Lange
William F. Haase
Ernest Reich
Harlem Safety Deposit Company
Bank
Harlem State Sparbank
W.F. Grosser
W. Einfeldt
William F. Haasé
Harvay R. Dow
Otto C. Roeder
Roeder
Henry Menke
Roosevelt Road Bank
Roosevelt Trust & Savings Bank
Roosevelt Road
Elgin Avenue
Albert C
Poppy) Roos
Sam Sansone
Theodore Lobstein
Joe Bristow
Harlem
Earl T. Marquardt
Savings & Loan Association of
River Forest
Elmer and
George Warner
W. Balmer Knox
Ed Sterr
Walter Hansen
Roy ‘D. O’brien
P.J. Organ
Beloit
Madison-Beloit