Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Finch, Russell Leslie, Jr. 1965
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 30 Jan 1965

Dr. Russell Leslie Finch, Jr., 71, director of medical service at Michigan 
Reformatory since December 15, 1963, died Friday night following a heart attack 
while enroute to Lansing with his wife, Althea.  For the past year they had 
lived at Morrison Lake Gardens.  Dr. Finch came to Ionia from Marquette and had 
been with the corrections department since 1922.

He was born in Jacobsville April 20, 1893 and was graduated from Ishpeming high 
school in 1910.  He received his AB degree in 1913 from University of Michigan 
and his MD in 1920.  From 1922 to 1929 he was employed as medical director at 
Marquette prison prior to entering private practice until 1948 and for the next 
five years was medical director for all state penal institutions.  In 1953, Dr. 
Finch returned to private practice until 1963 and returned to Marquette prison 
before accepting the position at MR.  Dr. Finch had been active in Rotary clubs 
in Jackson, Lansing and Ionia.

Surviving are his wife, Althea; one daughter, Mrs. Lysl G. Hall, Jr., of 
Jackson; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Charles Layson of Detroit and 
several nieces and nephews.  

Funeral service will be Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Central Methodist church in 
Lansing.  The body will be at Estes-Leadley Colonial funeral home, 325 
Washtenaw, Lansing, until time of service.


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