David Neuhaus, longtime Fairfax State Savings Bank CEO, dies at 92

David Neuhaus, president and CEO of Fairfax State Savings Bank for more than 60 years, died this past Saturday. He was 92.

Neuhaus said of his profession, “It’s a people business,” according to a video he recorded for the bank and viewable on Facebook, and, “It’s really a pretty simple business — one plus one equals two — and that hasn’t changed. You can have all of the glorious IBMs, whatever you’ve got, it doesn’t mean a thing. It’s the people.”

He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.

He later was the first clerk for Community College and city clerk for Fairfax. He also was part of the Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department for almost 50 years.

Neuhaus’ community involvement included the Cedar Rapids Elks Club, Knights of Columbus and Fairfax Legion PEKOMY as well as being a board member for Mercy Medical Foundation and the Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation.

In 2014 he was inducted into the Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Business Hall of Fame.

In 2002, the David Neuhaus Family Foundation was started. Among its grant recipients have been Mercy Medical Center Foundation and Community Health Free Clinic in Cedar Rapids.

Visitation will be 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Teahen Funeral Home, 3100 F Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Jude Catholic Church, 50 Edgewood Rd. NW, also in Cedar Rapids.

Patrick Slater, Neuhaus’ son, is now president and CEO of the bank, which was chartered in 1924.