George "Bud" Wayne FINK

FINK, LOCHMAN, MALLOCH, JOHNSON, HOEFER, HOWARD, CRAWFORD, ERICKSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/26/2013 at 16:02:59

February 23, 1920 --- March 1, 2010

Bud Fink, 90, of Lake Ponderosa passed away Monday, March 1, 2010 at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell. A private family service will be held at a later date. As his wish, his body has been cremated. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Grinnell Regional Hospice or the Montezuma Fire Department.

George "Bud" Wayne Fink, son of Albert and Emma (Lochman) Fink was born on February 23, 1920 in Williams, Iowa. He attended country school in the Williams area. Bud enlisted in the United States Air Force on December 5, 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa. While in the Air Force he worked as an airplane mechanic. After Bud was honorably discharged in November of 1945, he continued to work as an airplane mechanic in Phoenix, Arizona and Des Moines. On March 24, 1973, Bud was united in marriage to Clara Belle Malloch in Dows, Iowa. Bud worked 28 years for Firestone in Des Moines before retiring in 1982. Bud enjoyed reading woodworking and fishing. He was a member of the Blakely Stevens American Legion Post 169 and the VFW in Des Moines.

His memory is honored by his wife, Clara Belle of Grinnell; two sons, David (Mary) Johnson of Ankeny and Bill (Sherry) Johnson of Gun Barrel, Texas; two grandchildren, Tami Johnson of Minneapolis and Robbie Johnson of Gun Barrel, Texas and two sisters, Delores Crawford of Iowa Falls and Dorothy Erickson of Iowa Falls. Bud was preceded in by his parents; three brothers, Harold, Richard and Robert and two sisters, Dolly Hoefer and Emilia Howard.

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