John DeDoncker steps back at TBK but not away from QC

While bringing to life a TBK Bank precursor from a failing small financial institution in nearby Savanna, Illinois, Doug Kratz recalls noticing a charismatic young lawyer representing the other side.

His partner and fellow THE Rock Island Bank alum Perry Hansen later agreed they had just identified their first president of what then was THE National Bank.

However, John DeDoncker had one big problem…