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What happened to Fox Valley Savings and Loan Association?
Fox Valley Savings and Loan Association in Sandwich, IL merged into Lyons Savings and Loan Association of Countryside, IL on Apr 30, 1982. The chain runs 4 steps further and ends with no operating bank.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1974Fox Valley Savings and Loan Association opens in Sandwich, IL
- Apr 30, 1982MERGEDFox Valley Savings and Loan Association merged into Lyons Savings and Loan Association of Countryside, IL.FDIC certificate 31708 ends; its business continues under certificate 29296.
- Sep 24, 1987ASSISTED MERGERLyons Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed Lyons Federal Trust and Savings Bank) of Countryside, IL was merged into Lyon Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Countryside, IL with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 29296 ends; its business continues under certificate 32558.
- Dec 31, 1988ASSISTED MERGERLyon Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed Lyons Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association) of Countryside, IL was merged into Lyons Savings Bank, A FSB of Hinsdale, IL with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 32558 ends; its business continues under certificate 32646.
- Jul 27, 2001RESOLVEDLyons Savings Bank, A FSB (by then renamed Superior Bank FSB) of Hinsdale, IL was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Superior Federal Bank, FSB of Hinsdale, IL.FDIC certificate 32646 ends; its business continues under certificate 57294.
- May 31, 2004CLOSEDSuperior Federal Bank, FSB of Hinsdale, IL closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 57294 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Fox Valley Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Superior Bank FSB failed on Jul 27, 2001. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Superior Federal Bank, FSB).
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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. 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.
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 ▾
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 31708 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.