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    In all the prime of his strength and usefulness

    The Citizens Union Bank of East Waterford, Pennsylvania, was a small-town bank organized in 1922. A few of my family members were among the leaders of the bank, which rolled along through the 1920s before failing during the Great Depression. Its assets were transferred to the Port Royal National Bank in 1931. In my collection is a bound minute book from the Citizens Union Bank, giving reports of all board meetings from the bank’s founding to its dissolution. On April 14, 1926, the board passed a resolution mourning the passing of Dr. R.M. Quiq, longtime doctor in East Waterford and bank director. At the time of his death, Dr. Quiq…