Submitted by: Dan Rich
Ronald L. Finton Sr.
July 1, 1955 - Nov. 7, 2007
South Bend Tribune 11/10/2007
MISHAWAKA - Ronald L. Finton Sr., 52, who resided on
Bittersweet Road, passed to his rest at 2:02 p.m., Wednesday,
Nov. 7, 2007, in the Emergency Room of St. Joseph Regional
Medical Center, Mishawaka, from an apparent heart attack that
day. Ronald was born July 1, 1955, in Okinawa, Japan, the son of
Jesse Allen Finton and Morie Nmi Umezawa, and graduated
form John Adams High School. He had been employed at Zolman Tire
of South Bend as a Master Tech Mechanic. He lived all his life in
the area.
He was married on Dec. 23, 1999, in
Mishawaka, to Mary Kathryn Bobo, who survives with two
daughters, Ashley Finton and Jessica Fox, both of
Mishawaka; three sons, Bill Finton, Ron Finton Jr. and Joseph
Fox, all of Mishawaka; his father, Jesse A. Finton of Mishawaka;
and brother, Richard (Sherie) Finton of Jefferson City, MO. He
has extended family, his mother-in-law, Laura Bobo of Granger,
and his sister-in-law, Adele (Guy) Minix of Winamac. His
mother, Morie, has passed.
Friends may call from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday in
Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home, 26863 West Main, Edwardsburg.
Services will be at 2 p.m. in the Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home,
where friends may call one hour before services. Officiating will
be Rev. Jeff Reese, Pastor of Hope United Methodist Church.
Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. Memorial
donations may be directed to American Cancer Society, 601 W.
Edison Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545.