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James Leo Buchanan Jr.

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James Leo Buchanan Jr.

Birth
California, Moniteau County, Missouri, USA
Death
17 Dec 1955 (aged 63)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.0585976, Longitude: -87.8858102
Plot
Section 3, Block 5, Lot S 15' of 7, Grave 8
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James Leo BUCHANAN Jr Obituary
Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
December 29, 1955 (Thursday), Main Edition, Page 15, Column 4

James L. Buchanan, brother of Adelaide Buchanan Kahmann: son of the late James L. and Maud Ely Buchanan. Funeral from home for funerals, Erie at Wabash, 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, to Holy Name cathedral. Interment All Saints'. Kindly omit flowers.
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James Leo BUCHANAN Jr Obituary
Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
December 28, 1955 (Wednesday), Main Edition, Page 16, Column 1

JAS. BUCHANAN, BANK OFFICIAL DIES, AT HOME - Began Long Career with Federal Reserve - James L. Buchanan, 63, a vice president of the First National bank of Chicago, collapsed and died last night in the kitchen of his apartment at 180 E. Delaware pl., apparently of a heart attack. The attack occurred at 6:25 p. m. after he arrived from work. A native of California, Mo., he attended a Jesuit school at St. Mary's, Kas. After his graduation in 1914, he joined the federal reserve system in Kansas City, Mo., and became an assistant auditor, meanwhile studying law at night. – Became Bank Examiner – In 1917, he became a bank examiner for the federal reserve system with headquarters at Washington and later was named examiner in charge of field work in the examination of all federal reserve banks and their branches. He spent a year in Central and South America, checking the operation of American control banks. In 1926 he joined the Union Trust company in Chicago and later became associated with the First National bank when the two institutions merged. His first position with the First was that of second vice president. – Headed Loan Division – He was made a vice president in 1931 and subsequently was placed in charge of commercial loans, in which capacity he was widely known to business men and industrialists all over the country. In 1947, he became head of the division handling intermediate and serial loans. He was a director of the Rhinelander Paper company at Rhinelander, Wis., of the R-W Paper company in Spokane Wash., and of the Catholic Charities of Chicago. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Adelaide Buchanan Kaumann, with whom he lived. She is the only immediate survivor.
James Leo BUCHANAN Jr Obituary
Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
December 29, 1955 (Thursday), Main Edition, Page 15, Column 4

James L. Buchanan, brother of Adelaide Buchanan Kahmann: son of the late James L. and Maud Ely Buchanan. Funeral from home for funerals, Erie at Wabash, 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, to Holy Name cathedral. Interment All Saints'. Kindly omit flowers.
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James Leo BUCHANAN Jr Obituary
Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
December 28, 1955 (Wednesday), Main Edition, Page 16, Column 1

JAS. BUCHANAN, BANK OFFICIAL DIES, AT HOME - Began Long Career with Federal Reserve - James L. Buchanan, 63, a vice president of the First National bank of Chicago, collapsed and died last night in the kitchen of his apartment at 180 E. Delaware pl., apparently of a heart attack. The attack occurred at 6:25 p. m. after he arrived from work. A native of California, Mo., he attended a Jesuit school at St. Mary's, Kas. After his graduation in 1914, he joined the federal reserve system in Kansas City, Mo., and became an assistant auditor, meanwhile studying law at night. – Became Bank Examiner – In 1917, he became a bank examiner for the federal reserve system with headquarters at Washington and later was named examiner in charge of field work in the examination of all federal reserve banks and their branches. He spent a year in Central and South America, checking the operation of American control banks. In 1926 he joined the Union Trust company in Chicago and later became associated with the First National bank when the two institutions merged. His first position with the First was that of second vice president. – Headed Loan Division – He was made a vice president in 1931 and subsequently was placed in charge of commercial loans, in which capacity he was widely known to business men and industrialists all over the country. In 1947, he became head of the division handling intermediate and serial loans. He was a director of the Rhinelander Paper company at Rhinelander, Wis., of the R-W Paper company in Spokane Wash., and of the Catholic Charities of Chicago. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Adelaide Buchanan Kaumann, with whom he lived. She is the only immediate survivor.


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  • Created by: Rob Gomoluh
  • Added: Jan 5, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195838809/james_leo-buchanan: accessed ), memorial page for James Leo Buchanan Jr. (31 Jul 1892–17 Dec 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 195838809, citing All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Rob Gomoluh (contributor 46984278).