This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HEFFERAN, FULLER Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4157 Message Board Post: Among the men who represent the financial interests of Grand Rapids, one of the best known is Thomas William Hefferean, cashier of the People's Savings Bank. He came to this institution in 1900, straight from college halls, and his entire career has been devoted to its progress and the extension of its usefulness, while at the same time he has himself broadened and matured until he has taken rank with the substantial and conservative banks of the Furniture City. Mr. Hefferan was born July 22, 1876, in Eastmanville, Mich., and is a son of Thomas and Emily (Kent) Hefferan. He received his education in the public and high schools of Grand Rapids and was then sent to Yale University, where he was graduated with the class of 1900. On July 5 of that year he entered the People's Savings Bank of Grand Rapids, rose rapidly to the position of manager, and finally was made cashier, which position he holds today. He holds rank among the men who are carefully conserving the interests of ! individual and business interests, and has a wide acquaintance in banking circles throughout this part of the state. Politically, like his father, he is a Democrat, and also like the elder man has played only a good citizen's role in the game of politics. He belongs to the Park Congregational church, of which he is a trustee, is a member of the various Masonic bodies, and holds membership in the Association of Commerce and the Peninsular, Schubert and Kent Country clubs. Mr. Hefferan was married Oct. 18, 1904, to Miss Blanche Fuller, daughter of William Fuller, M.D., of Grand Rapids, and they have been the parents of five children: Margaret F., who is deceased, and Mary Eleanor, Thomas William, Jr., Robert F. and Emeline Kent.