Tag Archives: Robert K. Humphrey

Remembering Bob Humphrey

Categories: Gazette

Gazette Article by: Bruce Magers Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2001 Robert “Bob” Kay Humphrey, a former president and director of the Winnetka Historical Society passed away November 2, 2000, at age 77. Bob loved the Village of Winnetka and in the words of his son David, “… [he] didn’t even like to go on […]

The Winnetka Bank

Categories: Gazette

Gazette Article by: Jane Lord Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 1998 The Village of Winnetka had no bank when M. K. Meyer acquired a safe for his general store in the late 1800s. After learning about the new safe, so many of Winnetka’s 1,000 residents prevailed upon Meyer to keep their important papers that he […]