Delta, Colorado resident, Mary Lavina Finnegan, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, on the Uncompahgre Plateau. She was 82 years of age.
Mary was born in Elgin, Kansas to Edmond and Verna (Martin) Wood in 1934. She grew up in Grainola, Oklahoma where she graduated high school. After graduation, Mary moved to Montrose, Colorado, and married John R. Finnegan on May 19, 1957. After they were married they moved to Olathe, Colorado, where she spent 37 years. She then moved to the Pea Green area where she spent the remaining 23 years of her life.
Mary loved her family and children and loved taking care of them. She was also a foster mother to several children. She enjoyed bowling, hiking, looking for arrowheads, walking and anything outdoors, especially trees and flowers.
She is survived by three sons: Jim (Jill) Finnegan, of Montrose; Kenneth (Kathleen) Finnegan, of Pea Green; Andy (Sonia) Finnegan of Holdrege, Nebraska; two brothers; Bernard (Debbie) Wood of Eckert, Colorado and Lee Wood of Pea Green; two sisters; Hilda Miller of Leigh High, Utah and Jone (Don) Wright of Grand Junction; a brother-in-law, Chuck Kelly of Grainola, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Mildred Kelly and one son, Ed.
Memorial contributions can be made to: Make A Wish Foundation www.wish.org/donate or Mesa County Search & Rescue P.O. Box 20,000-5016 Grand Junction, CO 81502
The death of 82-year-old Delta County woman Mary Finnegan, whose body was recovered in the Uncompahgre National Forest Tuesday night, was not suspicious, the Mesa County Coroner’s Office said today.
That office is still investigating the cause and manner of Finnegan’s death, though, citing the body’s condition when discovered for the ongoing nature of the case.
Finnegan was last seen at a Montrose bowling alley on July 15, and was found by family members this week about 3 miles from where her car was found abandoned July 24.
Finnegan suffered from dementia, officials have said.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, Montrose Police Department, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and several other organizations, along with local ranchers and family members, helped with the search, which focused on the forest after Finnegan’s car was found on a four-wheel-drive road off Divide Road near the Mesa and Montrose county lines.
After officials suspended the search, Finnegan’s family members stayed and continued the search on their own, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. Tuesday, ranchers who were not part of the search pointed Finnegan’s family toward her jacket under a tree. The family then found her body about 50 yards off the roadway hidden under thick brush, about 3 miles from where Finnegan’s car was found.
Officials called off the search for an elderly Delta County woman who had been missing almost two weeks, after five days of combing a remote, rugged area of the Uncompahgre National Forest.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office suspended the search that began after 82-year-old Mary Finnegan’s vehicle was found abandoned on Sunday. Signs that her Mercury Grand Marquis got stuck on the four-wheel-drive dirt road and that she left the vehicle led officials to target a six-mile radius around the car.
Searchers on ATV’s, on horseback and with scent-tracking dogs battled the thick brush in search of any sign of Finnegan, who has dementia and was last seen leaving a bowling alley in Montrose on July 15. Her car was found about five miles off Divide Road, near the border of Mesa and Montrose counties.
As many as 60 volunteers actively searched the wilderness each day of the search, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Citing an exhaustion of resources and the length of time since Finnegan was last seen, the agency ended the search Thursday night.
The agency said if more information or new leads arise, they are committed to resuming the search.
Anyone with information that could be helpful to searchers is asked to call the tip line at 244-3526.
Mary was born in Elgin, Kansas to Edmond and Verna (Martin) Wood in 1934. She grew up in Grainola, Oklahoma where she graduated high school. After graduation, Mary moved to Montrose, Colorado, and married John R. Finnegan on May 19, 1957. After they were married they moved to Olathe, Colorado, where she spent 37 years. She then moved to the Pea Green area where she spent the remaining 23 years of her life.
Mary loved her family and children and loved taking care of them. She was also a foster mother to several children. She enjoyed bowling, hiking, looking for arrowheads, walking and anything outdoors, especially trees and flowers.
She is survived by three sons: Jim (Jill) Finnegan, of Montrose; Kenneth (Kathleen) Finnegan, of Pea Green; Andy (Sonia) Finnegan of Holdrege, Nebraska; two brothers; Bernard (Debbie) Wood of Eckert, Colorado and Lee Wood of Pea Green; two sisters; Hilda Miller of Leigh High, Utah and Jone (Don) Wright of Grand Junction; a brother-in-law, Chuck Kelly of Grainola, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Mildred Kelly and one son, Ed.
Memorial contributions can be made to: Make A Wish Foundation www.wish.org/donate or Mesa County Search & Rescue P.O. Box 20,000-5016 Grand Junction, CO 81502
The death of 82-year-old Delta County woman Mary Finnegan, whose body was recovered in the Uncompahgre National Forest Tuesday night, was not suspicious, the Mesa County Coroner’s Office said today.
That office is still investigating the cause and manner of Finnegan’s death, though, citing the body’s condition when discovered for the ongoing nature of the case.
Finnegan was last seen at a Montrose bowling alley on July 15, and was found by family members this week about 3 miles from where her car was found abandoned July 24.
Finnegan suffered from dementia, officials have said.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, Montrose Police Department, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and several other organizations, along with local ranchers and family members, helped with the search, which focused on the forest after Finnegan’s car was found on a four-wheel-drive road off Divide Road near the Mesa and Montrose county lines.
After officials suspended the search, Finnegan’s family members stayed and continued the search on their own, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. Tuesday, ranchers who were not part of the search pointed Finnegan’s family toward her jacket under a tree. The family then found her body about 50 yards off the roadway hidden under thick brush, about 3 miles from where Finnegan’s car was found.
Officials called off the search for an elderly Delta County woman who had been missing almost two weeks, after five days of combing a remote, rugged area of the Uncompahgre National Forest.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office suspended the search that began after 82-year-old Mary Finnegan’s vehicle was found abandoned on Sunday. Signs that her Mercury Grand Marquis got stuck on the four-wheel-drive dirt road and that she left the vehicle led officials to target a six-mile radius around the car.
Searchers on ATV’s, on horseback and with scent-tracking dogs battled the thick brush in search of any sign of Finnegan, who has dementia and was last seen leaving a bowling alley in Montrose on July 15. Her car was found about five miles off Divide Road, near the border of Mesa and Montrose counties.
As many as 60 volunteers actively searched the wilderness each day of the search, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Citing an exhaustion of resources and the length of time since Finnegan was last seen, the agency ended the search Thursday night.
The agency said if more information or new leads arise, they are committed to resuming the search.
Anyone with information that could be helpful to searchers is asked to call the tip line at 244-3526.
Delta, Colorado resident, Mary Lavina Finnegan, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, on the Uncompahgre Plateau. She was 82 years of age.
Mary was born in Elgin, Kansas to Edmond and Verna (Martin) Wood in 1934. She grew up in Grainola, Oklahoma where she graduated high school. After graduation, Mary moved to Montrose, Colorado, and married John R. Finnegan on May 19, 1957. After they were married they moved to Olathe, Colorado, where she spent 37 years. She then moved to the Pea Green area where she spent the remaining 23 years of her life.
Mary loved her family and children and loved taking care of them. She was also a foster mother to several children. She enjoyed bowling, hiking, looking for arrowheads, walking and anything outdoors, especially trees and flowers.
She is survived by three sons: Jim (Jill) Finnegan, of Montrose; Kenneth (Kathleen) Finnegan, of Pea Green; Andy (Sonia) Finnegan of Holdrege, Nebraska; two brothers; Bernard (Debbie) Wood of Eckert, Colorado and Lee Wood of Pea Green; two sisters; Hilda Miller of Leigh High, Utah and Jone (Don) Wright of Grand Junction; a brother-in-law, Chuck Kelly of Grainola, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Mildred Kelly and one son, Ed.
Memorial contributions can be made to: Make A Wish Foundation www.wish.org/donate or Mesa County Search & Rescue P.O. Box 20,000-5016 Grand Junction, CO 81502
The death of 82-year-old Delta County woman Mary Finnegan, whose body was recovered in the Uncompahgre National Forest Tuesday night, was not suspicious, the Mesa County Coroner’s Office said today.
That office is still investigating the cause and manner of Finnegan’s death, though, citing the body’s condition when discovered for the ongoing nature of the case.
Finnegan was last seen at a Montrose bowling alley on July 15, and was found by family members this week about 3 miles from where her car was found abandoned July 24.
Finnegan suffered from dementia, officials have said.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, Montrose Police Department, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and several other organizations, along with local ranchers and family members, helped with the search, which focused on the forest after Finnegan’s car was found on a four-wheel-drive road off Divide Road near the Mesa and Montrose county lines.
After officials suspended the search, Finnegan’s family members stayed and continued the search on their own, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. Tuesday, ranchers who were not part of the search pointed Finnegan’s family toward her jacket under a tree. The family then found her body about 50 yards off the roadway hidden under thick brush, about 3 miles from where Finnegan’s car was found.
Officials called off the search for an elderly Delta County woman who had been missing almost two weeks, after five days of combing a remote, rugged area of the Uncompahgre National Forest.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office suspended the search that began after 82-year-old Mary Finnegan’s vehicle was found abandoned on Sunday. Signs that her Mercury Grand Marquis got stuck on the four-wheel-drive dirt road and that she left the vehicle led officials to target a six-mile radius around the car.
Searchers on ATV’s, on horseback and with scent-tracking dogs battled the thick brush in search of any sign of Finnegan, who has dementia and was last seen leaving a bowling alley in Montrose on July 15. Her car was found about five miles off Divide Road, near the border of Mesa and Montrose counties.
As many as 60 volunteers actively searched the wilderness each day of the search, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Citing an exhaustion of resources and the length of time since Finnegan was last seen, the agency ended the search Thursday night.
The agency said if more information or new leads arise, they are committed to resuming the search.
Anyone with information that could be helpful to searchers is asked to call the tip line at 244-3526.
Mary was born in Elgin, Kansas to Edmond and Verna (Martin) Wood in 1934. She grew up in Grainola, Oklahoma where she graduated high school. After graduation, Mary moved to Montrose, Colorado, and married John R. Finnegan on May 19, 1957. After they were married they moved to Olathe, Colorado, where she spent 37 years. She then moved to the Pea Green area where she spent the remaining 23 years of her life.
Mary loved her family and children and loved taking care of them. She was also a foster mother to several children. She enjoyed bowling, hiking, looking for arrowheads, walking and anything outdoors, especially trees and flowers.
She is survived by three sons: Jim (Jill) Finnegan, of Montrose; Kenneth (Kathleen) Finnegan, of Pea Green; Andy (Sonia) Finnegan of Holdrege, Nebraska; two brothers; Bernard (Debbie) Wood of Eckert, Colorado and Lee Wood of Pea Green; two sisters; Hilda Miller of Leigh High, Utah and Jone (Don) Wright of Grand Junction; a brother-in-law, Chuck Kelly of Grainola, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Mildred Kelly and one son, Ed.
Memorial contributions can be made to: Make A Wish Foundation www.wish.org/donate or Mesa County Search & Rescue P.O. Box 20,000-5016 Grand Junction, CO 81502
The death of 82-year-old Delta County woman Mary Finnegan, whose body was recovered in the Uncompahgre National Forest Tuesday night, was not suspicious, the Mesa County Coroner’s Office said today.
That office is still investigating the cause and manner of Finnegan’s death, though, citing the body’s condition when discovered for the ongoing nature of the case.
Finnegan was last seen at a Montrose bowling alley on July 15, and was found by family members this week about 3 miles from where her car was found abandoned July 24.
Finnegan suffered from dementia, officials have said.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, Montrose Police Department, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and several other organizations, along with local ranchers and family members, helped with the search, which focused on the forest after Finnegan’s car was found on a four-wheel-drive road off Divide Road near the Mesa and Montrose county lines.
After officials suspended the search, Finnegan’s family members stayed and continued the search on their own, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. Tuesday, ranchers who were not part of the search pointed Finnegan’s family toward her jacket under a tree. The family then found her body about 50 yards off the roadway hidden under thick brush, about 3 miles from where Finnegan’s car was found.
Officials called off the search for an elderly Delta County woman who had been missing almost two weeks, after five days of combing a remote, rugged area of the Uncompahgre National Forest.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office suspended the search that began after 82-year-old Mary Finnegan’s vehicle was found abandoned on Sunday. Signs that her Mercury Grand Marquis got stuck on the four-wheel-drive dirt road and that she left the vehicle led officials to target a six-mile radius around the car.
Searchers on ATV’s, on horseback and with scent-tracking dogs battled the thick brush in search of any sign of Finnegan, who has dementia and was last seen leaving a bowling alley in Montrose on July 15. Her car was found about five miles off Divide Road, near the border of Mesa and Montrose counties.
As many as 60 volunteers actively searched the wilderness each day of the search, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Citing an exhaustion of resources and the length of time since Finnegan was last seen, the agency ended the search Thursday night.
The agency said if more information or new leads arise, they are committed to resuming the search.
Anyone with information that could be helpful to searchers is asked to call the tip line at 244-3526.
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