Des Moines Tribune. Des Moines, Ia. Weds. Dec.24, 1969
AMES RITES FOR STAFFORD. Ames, Ia—Services for Clay W. Stafford, 76, board chairman of the First national Bank of Ames, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the United Church of Christ Congregational here.
Mr. Stafford, who was Iowa's state superintendent of banking from 1961 to 1964, died of cancer Tuesday in a Phoenix Ariz. hospital. He joined the bank as a bookkeeper in 1915, the year after his graduation from Iowa State University here. He became president of the bank in1942, succeeding his father, and board chairman in 1961.
Mr. Stafford, a World War I Army veteran and a 50-year Mason, was a former vice-president and treasurer of the Iowa Bankers Association; a lifetime member of the Iowa State University Foundation board of governors, and recipient of a meritorious service award form the I.S.U. Alumni Association.
He is survived by his wife, Mabel; two sons, including Robert of Ames, president of the First National Bank; a daughter; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
AMES RITES FOR STAFFORD. Ames, Ia—Services for Clay W. Stafford, 76, board chairman of the First national Bank of Ames, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the United Church of Christ Congregational here.
Mr. Stafford, who was Iowa's state superintendent of banking from 1961 to 1964, died of cancer Tuesday in a Phoenix Ariz. hospital. He joined the bank as a bookkeeper in 1915, the year after his graduation from Iowa State University here. He became president of the bank in1942, succeeding his father, and board chairman in 1961.
Mr. Stafford, a World War I Army veteran and a 50-year Mason, was a former vice-president and treasurer of the Iowa Bankers Association; a lifetime member of the Iowa State University Foundation board of governors, and recipient of a meritorious service award form the I.S.U. Alumni Association.
He is survived by his wife, Mabel; two sons, including Robert of Ames, president of the First National Bank; a daughter; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Des Moines Tribune. Des Moines, Ia. Weds. Dec.24, 1969
AMES RITES FOR STAFFORD. Ames, Ia—Services for Clay W. Stafford, 76, board chairman of the First national Bank of Ames, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the United Church of Christ Congregational here.
Mr. Stafford, who was Iowa's state superintendent of banking from 1961 to 1964, died of cancer Tuesday in a Phoenix Ariz. hospital. He joined the bank as a bookkeeper in 1915, the year after his graduation from Iowa State University here. He became president of the bank in1942, succeeding his father, and board chairman in 1961.
Mr. Stafford, a World War I Army veteran and a 50-year Mason, was a former vice-president and treasurer of the Iowa Bankers Association; a lifetime member of the Iowa State University Foundation board of governors, and recipient of a meritorious service award form the I.S.U. Alumni Association.
He is survived by his wife, Mabel; two sons, including Robert of Ames, president of the First National Bank; a daughter; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
AMES RITES FOR STAFFORD. Ames, Ia—Services for Clay W. Stafford, 76, board chairman of the First national Bank of Ames, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the United Church of Christ Congregational here.
Mr. Stafford, who was Iowa's state superintendent of banking from 1961 to 1964, died of cancer Tuesday in a Phoenix Ariz. hospital. He joined the bank as a bookkeeper in 1915, the year after his graduation from Iowa State University here. He became president of the bank in1942, succeeding his father, and board chairman in 1961.
Mr. Stafford, a World War I Army veteran and a 50-year Mason, was a former vice-president and treasurer of the Iowa Bankers Association; a lifetime member of the Iowa State University Foundation board of governors, and recipient of a meritorious service award form the I.S.U. Alumni Association.
He is survived by his wife, Mabel; two sons, including Robert of Ames, president of the First National Bank; a daughter; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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