Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Templeton, William Yates July 19, 1944
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Ionia County News - Thursday, 13 July 1944

                     DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO W. TEMPLETON
             Entire Community Mourns Passing of Popular Banker W.T. 

Templeton, vice-president and cashier of the State Savings Bank, died 
suddenly about 4:30 Sunday afternoon at his home on High street. Death was 
due to a heart attack. He was 56 years old. Mr. Templeton had worked at the 
bank during the afternoon Sunday and on his return home told Mrs. Templeton 
he felt a pain in his chest and throat, his head fell forward and he died 
before Dr. Maran, who was called immediately, could reach the home.

William Yates Templeton was born February 18, 1888, in Roseville and was 
nine years old when he came to Ionia with  his mother, Mrs. A.L. Templeton, 
and his three sisters.

As a young man he was employed as a shipping clerk at Michigan Reformatory. 
He later worked as a shipping clerk at the state prison in Jackson and for 
the Grand Trunk R.R. company in Ionia. He then entered the employ of the 
State Savings Bank at Ionia and has been associated with the bank and its 
affiliated organizations continuously for 38 years. When the bank was 
reorganized in 1933 he became its cashier and soon afterward was elected 
vice-president.

He had been secretary of the Western Michigan group of the Michigan Bankers 
Association and at the time of his death was vice-chairman of the West 
Michigan division. Fraternally, he was a  member of Ionia Lodge B.P.O.E. of 
which he was treasurer for several years, and an honorary member of the Past 
Exalted Rulers Association.

In July, 1910, he was married to Miss Mary Miller of Findley, Ohio, Mrs. 
Templeton, with their son, William H., and daughter, Miss Norene, survive 
him. He also leaves three sisters, Miss Jean Templeton of Jackson, Mrs. R. 
Krise of Ann Arbor and Mrs. W. C. Smith of Marine City.

Rev. A.J. Westmaas officiated at the funeral service, held Wednesday 
afternoon from the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Templeton was a member 
and chairman of its board of trustees at the time of his death.

Pall bearers were Fred B. Post, G. Lee Yates, Joseph Hauck, Clyde Spencer, 
Dale K. Jepson, Ionia, ad Dr. Richard Benedict of West Branch. Burial was in 
Highland Park cemetery.

Flowers were in charge of Mrs. Bert Thatcher, Mrs. Montgomery Webster, Miss 
Marjorie Wheaton and  Miss Ella Ross. 

Hundreds of friends in Ionia city and county and banking associates 
throughout the state attended the service and taxed the seating capacity of 
the church.

Among the out of town relatives, friends and banking associates attended the 
funeral were Thomas Templeton, Mrs. Warren Sisman, Detroit; Steve Hicks, 
Charlotte, N.C.; John Shoemaker, West Branch; Robert Belcher, Jackson; 
Harold Asplin, vice-president of the National Bank and George Tait, vice-
president of the Manufacturers Bank, both of Detroit; James V. Stuart, 
Michigan National of Grand Rapids; Ray Brundage, executive manager of the 
Michigan Banker's Association; Ross Hudson, deputy state banking 
commissioner; Eugene Richards, executive vice-president of the Old Kent Bank 
of Grand Rapids; Charles Miller, Commercial State bank of Greenville, and 
Arthur Johnson, president of the State Bank of St. Johns. 



Additional Comments:
Age: 56
Funeral: Wednesday, 12 July 1944
Highland Park cemetery #11-124


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