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                                EXHIBIT 24

                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:      MARCH 4TH    , 1997               /S/ LOUIS A. DESENBERG
                                                   (signature)


                                              LOUIS A. DESENBERG
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                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:     MARCH 18,   , 1997                 /S/ MERLIN HANSON
                                                   (signature)


                                              MERLIN HANSON
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                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:      2/28/     , 1997                  /S/ THOMAS T. HUFF
                                                   (signature)


                                              THOMAS T. HUFF
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                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:      3-19     , 1997                   /S/ JAMES E. LEBLANC
                                                   (signature)


                                              JAMES E. LEBLANC
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                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:       3-17       , 1997                /S/ L. RICHARD MARZKE
                                                   (signature)


                                              L. RICHARD MARZKE
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                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:       3-4      , 1997                  /S/ JAMES F. MURPHY
                                                   (signature)


                                              JAMES F. MURPHY
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                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:        3-1       , 1997                /S/ JEFF TOBIAN
                                                   (signature)


                                              JEFF TOBIAN
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                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Shoreline Financial Corporation, does
hereby appoint DAN L. SMITH and WAYNE R. KOEBEL, or either of them, his or
her attorneys or attorney to execute in his or her name an Annual Report of
Shoreline Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to file it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney shall have power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act to be done in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do in person, and
the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of such attorneys.



Dated:        3-21      , 1997                /S/ HARRY C. VORYS
                                                   (signature)


                                              HARRY C. VORYS
                                                   (type or print name)