Fred (Frederick) Joseph Paro, 69, local resident, prominent in banking circles and connected with the Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust Company and the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis, died of a heart ailment last night in Barnes Hospital in that City.
Mr. Paro resided in Belleville at 218 Abend street with his family and conducted his business in St. Louis. He had been ill for the past six weeks.
As a youth Mr. Paro became affiliated with the Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust and in 1908 he joined the staff of the National Bank of Commerce when that bank purchased the banking department of the Commonwealth Trust Company.
He was secretary to the late Tom Randolph, president of the old Commonwealth in 1904, and later was the bank's traveling representative in the Southwest.
Elected assistant cashier of the Bank of Commerce in 1919, he continued in this capacity until 1923, when he became vice president. He remained a vice president of the Mercantile Commerce after the merger of the Bank of Commerce with the Mercantile Trust Company in 1929, and held that office at the time of his death.
Mr. Paro was well known in this city and in banking circles in that part of the country. At bankers meetings and conventions he played an important part in the activities. He served as a member of the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers' Association for several years.
A son of Peter and Mary Paro, nee Reame (or Ream or Rhine), he was born in Belleville on October 19, 1866. After obtaining his primary education in the public grade schools, he was employed at the old Waugh Nail Mill. Later he studied bookkeeping and banking and secured employment in St. Louis.
His father, who was born in New York City and connected with the Waugh Nail Mill, formerly conducted a dancing school here. His mother was born in Paris, France.
Mr. Paro married Miss Pauline Westermann in Belleville in 1889, who survives. He also leaves a son, Edward W. Paro, former proprietor of the City Pharmacy; two daughters, Dorothy, wife of Albert J. Herrin of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Florence Paro, at home, and two grandchildren, (private), children of Edward.
The body will remain at the Gundlach and Company Funeral Home here until 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon when Rev. Henry Cluver, rector of the St. George Episcopal Church, will conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville Daily News Democrat
February 7, 1936
Mr. Paro resided in Belleville at 218 Abend street with his family and conducted his business in St. Louis. He had been ill for the past six weeks.
As a youth Mr. Paro became affiliated with the Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust and in 1908 he joined the staff of the National Bank of Commerce when that bank purchased the banking department of the Commonwealth Trust Company.
He was secretary to the late Tom Randolph, president of the old Commonwealth in 1904, and later was the bank's traveling representative in the Southwest.
Elected assistant cashier of the Bank of Commerce in 1919, he continued in this capacity until 1923, when he became vice president. He remained a vice president of the Mercantile Commerce after the merger of the Bank of Commerce with the Mercantile Trust Company in 1929, and held that office at the time of his death.
Mr. Paro was well known in this city and in banking circles in that part of the country. At bankers meetings and conventions he played an important part in the activities. He served as a member of the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers' Association for several years.
A son of Peter and Mary Paro, nee Reame (or Ream or Rhine), he was born in Belleville on October 19, 1866. After obtaining his primary education in the public grade schools, he was employed at the old Waugh Nail Mill. Later he studied bookkeeping and banking and secured employment in St. Louis.
His father, who was born in New York City and connected with the Waugh Nail Mill, formerly conducted a dancing school here. His mother was born in Paris, France.
Mr. Paro married Miss Pauline Westermann in Belleville in 1889, who survives. He also leaves a son, Edward W. Paro, former proprietor of the City Pharmacy; two daughters, Dorothy, wife of Albert J. Herrin of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Florence Paro, at home, and two grandchildren, (private), children of Edward.
The body will remain at the Gundlach and Company Funeral Home here until 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon when Rev. Henry Cluver, rector of the St. George Episcopal Church, will conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville Daily News Democrat
February 7, 1936
Fred (Frederick) Joseph Paro, 69, local resident, prominent in banking circles and connected with the Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust Company and the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis, died of a heart ailment last night in Barnes Hospital in that City.
Mr. Paro resided in Belleville at 218 Abend street with his family and conducted his business in St. Louis. He had been ill for the past six weeks.
As a youth Mr. Paro became affiliated with the Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust and in 1908 he joined the staff of the National Bank of Commerce when that bank purchased the banking department of the Commonwealth Trust Company.
He was secretary to the late Tom Randolph, president of the old Commonwealth in 1904, and later was the bank's traveling representative in the Southwest.
Elected assistant cashier of the Bank of Commerce in 1919, he continued in this capacity until 1923, when he became vice president. He remained a vice president of the Mercantile Commerce after the merger of the Bank of Commerce with the Mercantile Trust Company in 1929, and held that office at the time of his death.
Mr. Paro was well known in this city and in banking circles in that part of the country. At bankers meetings and conventions he played an important part in the activities. He served as a member of the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers' Association for several years.
A son of Peter and Mary Paro, nee Reame (or Ream or Rhine), he was born in Belleville on October 19, 1866. After obtaining his primary education in the public grade schools, he was employed at the old Waugh Nail Mill. Later he studied bookkeeping and banking and secured employment in St. Louis.
His father, who was born in New York City and connected with the Waugh Nail Mill, formerly conducted a dancing school here. His mother was born in Paris, France.
Mr. Paro married Miss Pauline Westermann in Belleville in 1889, who survives. He also leaves a son, Edward W. Paro, former proprietor of the City Pharmacy; two daughters, Dorothy, wife of Albert J. Herrin of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Florence Paro, at home, and two grandchildren, (private), children of Edward.
The body will remain at the Gundlach and Company Funeral Home here until 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon when Rev. Henry Cluver, rector of the St. George Episcopal Church, will conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville Daily News Democrat
February 7, 1936
Mr. Paro resided in Belleville at 218 Abend street with his family and conducted his business in St. Louis. He had been ill for the past six weeks.
As a youth Mr. Paro became affiliated with the Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust and in 1908 he joined the staff of the National Bank of Commerce when that bank purchased the banking department of the Commonwealth Trust Company.
He was secretary to the late Tom Randolph, president of the old Commonwealth in 1904, and later was the bank's traveling representative in the Southwest.
Elected assistant cashier of the Bank of Commerce in 1919, he continued in this capacity until 1923, when he became vice president. He remained a vice president of the Mercantile Commerce after the merger of the Bank of Commerce with the Mercantile Trust Company in 1929, and held that office at the time of his death.
Mr. Paro was well known in this city and in banking circles in that part of the country. At bankers meetings and conventions he played an important part in the activities. He served as a member of the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers' Association for several years.
A son of Peter and Mary Paro, nee Reame (or Ream or Rhine), he was born in Belleville on October 19, 1866. After obtaining his primary education in the public grade schools, he was employed at the old Waugh Nail Mill. Later he studied bookkeeping and banking and secured employment in St. Louis.
His father, who was born in New York City and connected with the Waugh Nail Mill, formerly conducted a dancing school here. His mother was born in Paris, France.
Mr. Paro married Miss Pauline Westermann in Belleville in 1889, who survives. He also leaves a son, Edward W. Paro, former proprietor of the City Pharmacy; two daughters, Dorothy, wife of Albert J. Herrin of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Florence Paro, at home, and two grandchildren, (private), children of Edward.
The body will remain at the Gundlach and Company Funeral Home here until 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon when Rev. Henry Cluver, rector of the St. George Episcopal Church, will conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville Daily News Democrat
February 7, 1936
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