Banker Alfred Staeb Claimed By Death

Banker Alfred Staeb
Claimed By Death
Alfred F. Staeb, 73, of 1421 Brooklyn Ave., who terminated a 53-year banking career when he retired in December, 1958, died suddenly Wednesday in the downtown area. At the time of his retirement he was vice-president of the State Bank and Trust Co., now the National Bank and Trust Co.
Mr. Staeb was born in Ann Arbor on March 23, 1889, the son of Fred J. and Katherine Walter Staeb.
He was educated in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. In 1905 he began his banking career in the former Ann Arbor Savings Bank.
Advancing to assistant cashier in 1917 and cashier in 1930, Mr. Staeb headed the bank's loan department until 1936, when the Ann Arbor Savings Bank, the former Farmers and Mechanics Bank and the former First National Bank were merged.
Mr. Staeb joined the State Bank and Trust Co., then called the State Savings Bank, as a vice president in 1936, where he headed the mortgage department until his retirement.
He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in World War I.
Mr. Staeb was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, of Elks Lodge No. 325, Fraternity Lodge No. 262, F&AM, Ann Arbor Council No. 86, R&SM, Ann Arbor Commandery No. 13, Knights Templar, of which he had been recorder, and the Exchange Club of which he had been vice-president.
Mr. Staeb married Gertrude A. Come of Ann Arbor on Sept. 27, 1919. Mrs. Staeb, retired treasurer of the Ann Arbor Federal Savings and Loan Association, survives.
Also surviving are a brother, Edwin G. Staeb; three sisters, Mrs. William Zemke, Mrs. Albert Schmidt, and Miss Elsa M. Staeb, all of Ann Arbor, and four nephews and two nieces.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Muehlig Chapel with the Rev. Ralph B. Piper officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Michigan Heart Association.