Clyde Birthal Finke 1924-2002

FINKE, BEAUCHAMP, BRANDENBURG

Posted By: Lori Clark (email)
Date: 12/23/2002 at 10:56:06

Gay & Ciha Funeral & Cremation Service– Iowa City – (319) 338-1132
2720 Muscatine Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240

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Clyde B. Finke, age 78, of 2613 Hillside Drive, Iowa City died Friday, December 20, 2002 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, December 23, 2002 at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Services in Iowa City with the Reverend Karl Divine-Koch officiating. Entombment with military honors will take place at the Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 pm Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in Clyde’s memory to the Iowa City Community Schools Foundation or Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.

Clyde was born October 2, 1924 in Crawfordsville, Iowa the son of Silas L. and Velta M. (Beauchamp) Finke. He graduated from Crawfordsville High School, received his B.S. degree from Central College in Pella, IA, attended Willamette University in Salem, OR, and received his Master’s degree from the University of Iowa.
He served in the United States Navy in Guam during WWII. On May 31, 1949, he married Verla E. Brandenburg in Elkport, Iowa. He has been in the teaching and coaching profession for over 39 years, teaching in Bellevue, West Branch, Dundee, Il, Glen Ellyn, Il, West Liberty, and for over twentyyears in the Iowa City Community School District.

He was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City, the Crawfordsville American Legion, Iowa City Moose Lodge, and West Branch Lion Club.

Clyde’s family includes his wife, Verla; son and his wife, Kevin and Jane Finke of Pueblo, CO; daughters and their husbands, Vicki and Thomas Fields of St. Paul, MN, and Pam Finke and Brian Egel of Nichols, IA; grandchildren, John Fields, Sarah Finke, Garrett Finke, and Andrea Fields; brother and his wife, Merlin and Frieda Finke of Crawfordsville; sister and her husband, Madonna and Larry Jack of Carlisle, IA; sister-in-laws, Audrey Finke of Crawfordsville, and Eunice Christopherson of Center Point, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Silas “Jay” Finke.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Creamtion Service of Iowa City is caring for Clyde’s family and his services.