Finney, Lawrence 1908-2004

FINNEY, CARSON, MOEHLE, BISHOP, PARKER, MACFADYEN, TRIER, MILLER, PARKER

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 4/19/2004 at 20:54:42

Lawrence Finney
April 19, 2004

Lawrence Finney, 96, of Barstow, Calif., and formerly of Douds died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at his home.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday, an hour prior to the funeral.

Memorials to Zion Lutheran Cemetery may be left at the funeral home or mailed to PO Box 38, Douds 52551.

Mr. Finney was born Jan. 12, 1908, in Hobart, Okla., the son of Orville and Mable Carson Finney. He married Grace Moehle Feb. 14, 1931. She died Dec. 7, 1979. He married Dorothy Bishop March 10, 1981. She also preceded him in death.

Mr. Finney graduated from Douds-Leando High School and worked in the Finney General Store in Leando until moving to Chicago in 1929, where he was employed for 40 years by Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. before retiring as a store manager.

He moved to McHenry, Ill., in 1972, worked for Continental Bank for 10 years, then moved to Barstow in 2002 after spending several winters there.

Mr. Finney was a member of the Moose Lodge and a former member of McHenry Senior Citizens Bowling League.

Survivors include one daughter, Joan Parker of Barstow; one son, Raymond Finney and wife Charlene of McHenry; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two stepsons, Eric Bishop and wife Nancy, and Robert Bishop and wife Mary Ellen, all of the McHenry area; two stepdaughters, Diane MacFadyen and husband Jack of Richmond, Ill., and Bertie Trier and husband Earl of Florida; and several stepgrandchildren.

In addition to his two wives, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Morris and Raymond Finney; one sister, Nellie Miller; and one son-in-law, Vergal Parker.

Courtesy of the Fairfield Daily Ledger Inc. 2004