Linn County IA Archives Photo Person.....Welch, Frank C. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://files.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Frank Holmes fvholmes@juno.com April 9, 2007, 4:52 am Source: Honor Roll, Linn County, Iowa. An Illustrated Biography - Page 45 Name: Frank C. Welch Photo can be seen at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/linn/photos/welch267nph.jpg Image file size: 291.1 Kb Frank C. Welch Cedar Rapids, Iowa Born in Savanna, Ill., May 19, 1889. Son of Bridget and John H. Welch. Volunteered November, 1917. Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy. U. S. S. Wilhelmina Additional Comments: Image has been slightly optimized. ========= The Cedar Rapids Gazette Fri., Mar. 10, 1967, pages 1 & 3. Frank Welch, 77, Dies In Florida Of Heart Attack (photo - a more recent one) Frank C. Welch __Cedar Rapids News - __Frank C. Welch, chairman of the board of the Peoples Bank and Trust Co., died of a heart attack in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Thursday. He was 77. __Mr. Welch, who devoted 62 years of his life to the banking business, all of it at Peoples bank, was vacationing in Florida when he was stricken. __Mrs. Welch and a daughter, Mrs. James Meek of Cedar Rapids, were with him in the Welch apartment in Ft. Lauderdale when the attack came at about 10 p.m. He was rushed to a hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. __Started in 1905. __Mr. Welch went to work for Peoples Bank and Trust Co., as a messenger boy on July 7, 1905, and in the best tradition of American business became chairman of the board. __His 62 years on the job stands as one of the longest service records in Iowa banking circles. __Mr. Welch advanced through all of the departments in the bank after he was hired and in 1913 he became cashier. He was elected president in 1933, succeeding the late John Burianek, the man who hired him. __He became chairman of the board eight years ago and his son, Ted, became president. He had been a member of the board since 1914. __Mr. Welch and Burianek established an installment loan department at the bank in 1928. Although this personal loan service for individuals is common place today, it was a marked departure from standard policy at that time. __One of his proudest achievements was that in 62 years of banking, his bank never closed its doors. The most satisfying part of his job, he once said, "is the knowledge that people you have loaned money to over the years have gotten ahead." __He was a graduate of old Washington high school. __Born in Illinois __Born in Savanna, Ill., May 19, 1889, he was married June 11, 1919, to Edith Schroeder of Richmond, Ill. He served in World war I as an ensign in the navy. __Mr. Welch was a past president of the Iowa State Bankers Assn., the Cedar Rapids Clearing House Assn. and was a member of the American Bankers Assn. for which he served on several committees. __He was also a member of the Cedar Rapids Country club, the Linn county draft board from 1942-55, the Community Fund committee, Chamber of Commerce, Amercian Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Navy League Council, Knights of Columbus, of which he was a past grand knight, Elks, Pickwick club and the Horsebuyers club. __Survivors __Surviving in addition to Mrs. Welch are the daughter, Mrs. James Meek, and the son, Ted, both of Cedar Rapids; a brother, John M. Welch of Cedar Rapids; a sister, Sister Mary deLillis of Mercy hospital, and seven grandchildren. __Services are pending at the Monahan-Stewart funeral home. __The family home is at 2300 First avenue NW. ======== The Cedar Rapids Gazette Sat., Mar. 11, 1967, page 2, col 2. Frank C. Welch Services Monday At St. Patrick's __Services for Frank C. Welch, 77, chairman of the board of Peoples Bank and Trust Co., who died Thursday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Patrick's Catholic church. __The Rev. J. Robert McDonald will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. __Rosaries will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at Monahan-Stewart funeral home by the parish and the Catholic Order of Foresters and at 8:30 p.m. by the Knights of Columbus. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday. ============= The Cedar Rapids Tribune Fri., Jan. 10, 1936, page 1, col. 6. John H. Welch Dead __Funeral services were held Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick's church for John H. Welch, First avenue west road, for 32 years an employee of the Rock Island road here, who died Monday. He was the father of Frank Welch, 2300 1st- ave. W. road, president of the Peoples Savings bank; John M. Welch, insurance broker; Mrs. Felix O'Donnell and Sister Mary De Lillis, all of this city, and James Welch of Waterloo. Mr. Welch retired from active duty with the Rock Island in 1927. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/linn/photos/welch267nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb