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What happened to Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet?
Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet in Joliet, IL failed, and Home Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet, IL took it over on Sep 7, 1989. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet is today part of Old National Bank (Evansville, IN).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1957Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet opens in Joliet, IL
- Sep 7, 1989FAILEDHome Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet failed, and Home Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet, IL took it over.FDIC certificate 31066 ends; its business continues under certificate 32789. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Mar 16, 1989.
- Nov 9, 1990RESOLVEDHome Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet, IL was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to First Midwest Bank/Illinois, National Association of Plainfield, IL.FDIC certificate 32789 ends; its business continues under certificate 1792.
- May 18, 1995MERGEDFirst Midwest Bank/Illinois, National Association of Plainfield, IL merged into First Midwest Bank, National Association of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 1792 ends; its business continues under certificate 3709.
- Feb 16, 2022MERGEDFirst Midwest Bank, National Association (by then renamed First Midwest Bank) of Chicago, IL merged into Old National Bank of Evansville, IN.FDIC certificate 3709 ends; its business continues under certificate 3832.
- TodayOPEN
Old National BankMain office Evansville, IN · FDIC certificate 3832 · 354 offices in 10 states on June 30, 2026Every Old National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.oldnational.com
If you still have something from Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet
A lien that was never released
Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet failed on Mar 16, 1989, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask Old National Bank as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Home Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association). Start with Old National Bank, and ask them to search under the name Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask Old National Bank. A box abandoned for years may have been turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Banks folded into Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Joliet
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First Savings and Loan Association of WilmingtonWilmington, IL | Feb 28, 1979 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 31066 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.