CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF LOIS FINLEY

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Lois Finley

	CLEARWATER-Lois Finley, 80, died March 13, 1999, at the 
Antelope Memorial Hospital, Neligh.
	Services were March 17 at Concordia Lutheran Church, Clearwater, 
with the Rev. Daniel J. Feusse officiating.
	Burial was held in the Clearwater Cemetery.
	Pallbearers were Steve, Mike, Tim, Terry, Tom and Kevin Good and 
David Finley.
	Honorary pallbearers were Ann Boelter, Becky Stamp, Jennifer Finley, 
Melissa Finley and Nancy Finley.
	Lois grew up on her parents' farm southwest of Clearwater and 
graduated from the Clearwater High School.  After graduation she taught 
rural school for a short time.
	She married Howard LaVern Finley Dec. 26, 1939, in Atkinson.  The 
couple lived at Neligh and afterwards farmed at Elgin and Page before moving 
to Ewing Jan. 1, 1958.  They operated the Broadway Bar in Ewing until 1981.
	Lois was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, Clearwater.
	Survivors include, a son, Thomas Finley and his wife, Bonnie, 
Hartington; a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn (James) Good, Ewing; 12 grandchildren; 
18 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Dean, Norfolk; Merle, Fremont and 
Raymond, Neligh; two sisters, Laura Maulding, Neligh and Mildred Rutledge 
Gaughanbaugh, Clearwater; and many other relatives and friends.
	She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Dec. 11, 1989; 
two brothers, Edward and Harold; and four sisters, Violet Thompson, Opal Michael,
Ethel Westerhoff and Wilda Anderson.


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1999  CEDAR COUNTY NEWS