Traer Star Clipper, Friday, April 16th, 1943 – page 1
Mrs. Fred Finch, 76, formerly of Traer, for the last few years a resident of Vinton, died at 11:30 a. m. last Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital, where she had been taken for treatment about three weeks before. She had suffered a stroke about six weeks ago while visiting at the home of a son, Everett, in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services were held at a funeral chapel in Cedar Rapids at 2 p. m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. George Stauffacher, after which the body was brought to Traer for burial in the Finch family lot in West Union cemetery. Mrs. Finch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Everett, early settlers of north Tama county, was born and reared near Traer, attended high school here and married Fred Finch forty-nine years ago last August. The couple farmed near Traer, and also lived in town many years. Their children were born and reared here. They moved from Traer to Cedar Rapids nearly twenty years ago and have lived in Vinton about four years.
Surviving with the husband are six children: Mrs. Ray Hawbaker, Escanaba, Michigan; Mrs. Clark Kinkead, Eagle Rock, California; Mrs. George Crouch, Madison, Wisconsin; Floyd Finch, Wilmington, California; Mrs. B. J. Toutloff, Monterey Park, California; and Ev¬erett Finch, Cedar Rapids. A son, Clair, one of the first Traer boys to enlist in the army following the outbreak of war with Germany in 1917, died in January 1918, at Camp Mills, Long Island, New York of pneumonia, having been stricken just as he was about to sail for overseas service. He was one of the two Traer soldiers who lost their lives in the first World war for whom the Traer post of the American Legion was named. Another child died in infancy. Mrs. Finch was a member of the Method¬ist church; also, a member of the Traer unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. From the time the Auxiliary was organized here, the Kubik-Finch post has paid her dues to the organization as its tribute to this Gold Star mother.
Mrs. Fred Finch, 76, formerly of Traer, for the last few years a resident of Vinton, died at 11:30 a. m. last Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital, where she had been taken for treatment about three weeks before. She had suffered a stroke about six weeks ago while visiting at the home of a son, Everett, in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services were held at a funeral chapel in Cedar Rapids at 2 p. m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. George Stauffacher, after which the body was brought to Traer for burial in the Finch family lot in West Union cemetery. Mrs. Finch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Everett, early settlers of north Tama county, was born and reared near Traer, attended high school here and married Fred Finch forty-nine years ago last August. The couple farmed near Traer, and also lived in town many years. Their children were born and reared here. They moved from Traer to Cedar Rapids nearly twenty years ago and have lived in Vinton about four years.
Surviving with the husband are six children: Mrs. Ray Hawbaker, Escanaba, Michigan; Mrs. Clark Kinkead, Eagle Rock, California; Mrs. George Crouch, Madison, Wisconsin; Floyd Finch, Wilmington, California; Mrs. B. J. Toutloff, Monterey Park, California; and Ev¬erett Finch, Cedar Rapids. A son, Clair, one of the first Traer boys to enlist in the army following the outbreak of war with Germany in 1917, died in January 1918, at Camp Mills, Long Island, New York of pneumonia, having been stricken just as he was about to sail for overseas service. He was one of the two Traer soldiers who lost their lives in the first World war for whom the Traer post of the American Legion was named. Another child died in infancy. Mrs. Finch was a member of the Method¬ist church; also, a member of the Traer unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. From the time the Auxiliary was organized here, the Kubik-Finch post has paid her dues to the organization as its tribute to this Gold Star mother.
Traer Star Clipper, Friday, April 16th, 1943 – page 1
Mrs. Fred Finch, 76, formerly of Traer, for the last few years a resident of Vinton, died at 11:30 a. m. last Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital, where she had been taken for treatment about three weeks before. She had suffered a stroke about six weeks ago while visiting at the home of a son, Everett, in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services were held at a funeral chapel in Cedar Rapids at 2 p. m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. George Stauffacher, after which the body was brought to Traer for burial in the Finch family lot in West Union cemetery. Mrs. Finch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Everett, early settlers of north Tama county, was born and reared near Traer, attended high school here and married Fred Finch forty-nine years ago last August. The couple farmed near Traer, and also lived in town many years. Their children were born and reared here. They moved from Traer to Cedar Rapids nearly twenty years ago and have lived in Vinton about four years.
Surviving with the husband are six children: Mrs. Ray Hawbaker, Escanaba, Michigan; Mrs. Clark Kinkead, Eagle Rock, California; Mrs. George Crouch, Madison, Wisconsin; Floyd Finch, Wilmington, California; Mrs. B. J. Toutloff, Monterey Park, California; and Ev¬erett Finch, Cedar Rapids. A son, Clair, one of the first Traer boys to enlist in the army following the outbreak of war with Germany in 1917, died in January 1918, at Camp Mills, Long Island, New York of pneumonia, having been stricken just as he was about to sail for overseas service. He was one of the two Traer soldiers who lost their lives in the first World war for whom the Traer post of the American Legion was named. Another child died in infancy. Mrs. Finch was a member of the Method¬ist church; also, a member of the Traer unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. From the time the Auxiliary was organized here, the Kubik-Finch post has paid her dues to the organization as its tribute to this Gold Star mother.
Mrs. Fred Finch, 76, formerly of Traer, for the last few years a resident of Vinton, died at 11:30 a. m. last Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital, where she had been taken for treatment about three weeks before. She had suffered a stroke about six weeks ago while visiting at the home of a son, Everett, in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services were held at a funeral chapel in Cedar Rapids at 2 p. m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. George Stauffacher, after which the body was brought to Traer for burial in the Finch family lot in West Union cemetery. Mrs. Finch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Everett, early settlers of north Tama county, was born and reared near Traer, attended high school here and married Fred Finch forty-nine years ago last August. The couple farmed near Traer, and also lived in town many years. Their children were born and reared here. They moved from Traer to Cedar Rapids nearly twenty years ago and have lived in Vinton about four years.
Surviving with the husband are six children: Mrs. Ray Hawbaker, Escanaba, Michigan; Mrs. Clark Kinkead, Eagle Rock, California; Mrs. George Crouch, Madison, Wisconsin; Floyd Finch, Wilmington, California; Mrs. B. J. Toutloff, Monterey Park, California; and Ev¬erett Finch, Cedar Rapids. A son, Clair, one of the first Traer boys to enlist in the army following the outbreak of war with Germany in 1917, died in January 1918, at Camp Mills, Long Island, New York of pneumonia, having been stricken just as he was about to sail for overseas service. He was one of the two Traer soldiers who lost their lives in the first World war for whom the Traer post of the American Legion was named. Another child died in infancy. Mrs. Finch was a member of the Method¬ist church; also, a member of the Traer unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. From the time the Auxiliary was organized here, the Kubik-Finch post has paid her dues to the organization as its tribute to this Gold Star mother.
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Alberta Finch
1866 - 1943
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