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Wisconsin Community Banker
September/October 2014
the Sauk Prairie Hospital Foundation
Board. Maier also coaches her daugh-
ter’s soccer team.
Maier’s knowledge, combined with
her outgoing and approachable per-
sonality, make her a valuable part of
not only the bank, but also the Sauk
Prairie community.
Noel McCormick
, ag lender, was
recognized for 40 years in the commu-
nity banking industry. He has spent
his last 30 years at Bank of Prairie du
Sac.
Over the years, McCormick has
seen the needs of his ag clients evolve
resulting from changes in farming
needs, methods, and practices. He
started his banking career in 1974 in
DeWitt, Iowa, at Farm Credit where
he worked as vice president, ag lend-
ing. When Bank of Prairie du Sac had
an opening for ag lender, McCormick
and his wife, Gloria, moved from their
Iowa roots to the Sauk Prairie area.
In addition to his work at the bank,
he has been active in both the Sauk
Prairie FFA and FFA Alumni organi-
zations as well as with the Wisconsin
Agri-Business Council. He’s also
shared his talents with various local
organizations including the Jaycees
and Lions clubs.
McCormick’s retirement in August
was a change for the bank’s ag custom-
ers, but as he transitioned accounts
to other lenders at the bank, McCor-
mick has assured his customers of
the bank’s ability to still meet their
needs. While McCormick might be
gone from the bank, he will still live in
the Sauk Prairie area albeit with a few
more visits to his farm in Iowa.
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Farmers & Merchants State Bank,
Waterloo/Marshall
Mary Lou Treptow
began her
career in the early 1960s working for
a law firm
at night
and Satur-
days typing
real estate
mortgages,
wills, and
tax docu-
ments. After
high school
graduation, the attorney she worked
for, who happened to be one of the
directors of the bank, recommended
her for a position as a bank teller and
proof operator. Treptow never filled
out a job application, was hired on the
day of the interview, and has remained
at the bank for 31 years.
Over the years, Treptow has been
bank receptionist and secretary to the
president, assistant cashier, the first
female cashier at the bank, and vice
president. She moved to one of the
branches of M&I and since 1997 has
been associated with Farmers & Mer-
chants State Bank, Waterloo/Marshall
after the president convinced her that
a banking career was in her blood.
Treptow believes in volunteering
in the community where you live and
work. It lets her clients know that she
not only cares for her financial needs
but also their personal needs. You may
find her serving customers a hot dog
at a Chamber or school event, obtain-
ing eye care for their child as a charter
member of a Lioness Club, teaching
their children or grandchildren as a
Sunday School teacher, being a day
manager at a resale shop to encourage
economic savings, protecting their
property as a Zoning Board of Appeals
member, or walking as a survivor in
the Relay for Life. Her latest adventure
was riding in a boat promoting the
bank during the Marshall Fireman’s
Festival parade.
Pam Davison
, personal banking
officer, has worked for Farmers &
Merchants
State Bank
for 36 years.
She started
in customer
service,
became a
teller, and
eventually
took on the
teller supervisor position. In 2001,
Davison was promoted to a personal
banking officer and has remained in
that position since.
Davison plays a key role in some
key bank events including the bank’s
annual tailgate, parades, and com-
munity expo. She also serves the
community by staffing and donating
to the local food pantry, coordinat-
ing birthday baskets for children of
pantry visitors during their birthday
month. She helps with the Waterloo
Fire Department bowling tournament
and breakfast and served as secretary
for the Chamber of Commerce. She
has planted and maintained flowers
at Fireman’s Park in Waterloo, parked
cars for the annual Trek 100 bicycle
race, and helped with the Chamber’s
annual Wiener & Kraut Day.
Davison is also co-captain of the
Relay for Life team. Her role includes
fund raising through silent auctions,
bank bake and craft sales, and com-
munity garage sales hosted at the
bank. She even prepares the food for
the shareholders’ annual meeting.
It’s a given … if it involves cooking,
baking, and feeding people, Davison
is the bank’s “hostess with the most-
est.” She and her husband, Dave, were
voted Waterloo Chamber of Com-
merce Volunteers of the Year in 2011.
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