Founding Donors

Meet the generous founding donors who made Templeton Library possible.

Margaret Anderson Radunich

Templeton Library is dedicated to Margaret Anderson Radunich, an early donor. Over the years she supported Templeton Community Library Association with gifts to our building fund.

In 2018, after she passed away, we received her final bequest, which enabled us to build the library. Her legacy gifts total over $1 million.

George R. Hearst, Jr.

Templeton resident George R. Hearst, Jr., supported the library with an early donation of $100,000. Later, his son donated his New York Hearst Corp board room chair, which he used for over thirty years.

A reading area with a large leather chair and a cowhide rug honors this savvy horseman.

Carla Willhoit

Carla Willhoit was a founding member of TCLA. In the photo above, she presents one of her annual donations to Treasurer Gwen Pelfrey and 2011 TCLA President Wayne Petersen.

Elizabeth Nelson

Elizabeth Nelson left Templeton Library over $400,000 in her will. In this picture, she receives her Templeton Library card in January 2022 at age 107.