FINK, Rodney Ray "Occo" 1937 - 2016

FINK, SMITH, MACK, WATERS, WELSH, NESS, COLSCH, MELLICK, STORTZ, FEUERHELM, URELL, SCHWARTZHOFF, GAVIN

Posted By: Cindy Maust Smith (email)
Date: 8/6/2020 at 17:19:14

The Gazette, Saturday, January 23, 2016, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Page 32

Rodney "Occo" R. Fink, 78, of Waukon, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 1:45 p.m. scripture service.

Rodney Ray "Occo" Fink was born Dec.7, 1937, in Dorchester, Iowa, to Freeman and Velma (Smith) Fink. On Aug. 6, 1960, he married Mary Waters. He was employed as a construction foreman by JB Holland Construction.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, of Waukon; children, Tom (Sandy) Fink and Teri (Kevin) Welsh, both of Waukon, Karen (Scott) Ness of Waterville and Greg (Jill) Fink and Jim (Jenny) Fink, both of Onalaska, Wis.; and 13 grandchildren. Survivors also include his brothers and sisters: Joe Fink, Pete (Bernice) Fink, John Fink, Sheila (Lloyd) Colsch, Sherry (Lenny) Mellick, Mike (Shirley) Fink, Donna (Steve) Stortz, and Diane (Tom) Feuerhelm; his brother and sister-in-laws: Kate (Tony) Urell, Jim (Dorothy) Waters, Harold (Carol) Waters, Jim Schwartzhoff, Tom (Mary Jo) Waters, Jean (John) Gavin, and Ray (Jessica) Waters.

He was preceded in death by his two stillborn sons; his parents; stepfather Wally Mack; father and mother-in-law Floyd and Florence Waters; three sister-in-laws: Sally Fink, Donna Fink and Joan Schwartzhoff; and a nephew Tom Urell.

Casket bearers and honorary casket bearers are Occo's grandchildren, his past and present co-workers and his many special friends.