Grace (Whiteman) Finch
6/12/1897 - 9/7/1974
Grace Finch, 77, dies at Dunkirk
Mrs. Grace Finch, 77, of Dunkirk, a former resident of
Adams county, died at her home Saturday afternoon.
She was the widow of
Glenn Finch of Dunkirk, who died in 1958.
Born in Adams county, June 12,
1897, she was the daughter of Mark Whiteman and Amanda Wilkey-Whiteman.
She is survived by nine children; two sons, Robert Lee Finch of Stockton,
Calif., and Glenn (Bud) Finch of Portland; seven daughters, Mrs. Anabella
Groves, Mrs. Frances Boggs, Mrs. Betty Edsall, Mrs. Emily McFarland, Mrs. Alice
Hare, Mrs. Bonnie Brown and Mrs. Dixie Pitman, all of Dunkirk. She is also
survived by 27 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Services were
held at 2:30 p.m. today at the Jones Mortuary in Dunkirk, with Rev. Paul Eger
officiating. Burial was in Center cemetery near Portland.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana;
Tuesday, September 10, 1974
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski
Buried in
Center Cemetery