Carrol Ivan Finnestad 1932-2002

FINNESTAD, BIRKE, CARLSON

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 7/3/2014 at 18:18:00

Carrol Ivan Finnestad
February 28, 1932
January 20, 2002

A funeral service for Carrol Finnestad, 69, of Spencer will be held today, January 25, 2002 at Warner Funeral Home Chapel in Spencer. The Rev. Craig Finnestad will lead the 1:30 P.M. Service

Casket Bearers; Gary Craig, Ron and Scott Finnestad and Bob Dallenbach

Interment will be at North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Spencer

Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge of arrangements

Carrol Ivan Finnestad, the son of Chris and Ida Birke Finnestad, was born February 28, 1932 in Laurens. He received his education in Laurens, graduating in 1949. Following high school, he entered the U.S.Army where he served during the Korean War for two years

After his honorable discharge, he attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where he graduated in 1960 with a bachelor of arts degree in business education. He became a business teacher at Audubon High School for 16 years and while teaching there, attended Drake University earning his masters degree in education in 1970. He then worked at the Ar-We-Va High School as a school counselor. Mr. Finnestad moved to Spencer in 1980

He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother

Survivors include one brother and his wife, Richard and Carolyn Finnestad of Boone; one sister and her husband, Mary Ann And Don Carlson Of Alexandria, Minnesota; other relatives and friends

Spencer Daily Reporter
January 25, 2002