Beckham County, OK - Obits: Walter J. Finch, 1923
27 Jan 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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FINCH, WALTER J.
(12 Jul 1923, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
W. J. FINCH DIES.
The following from the El Reno American.  Mr. Finch's parents came from
our old home, Bethany, Mo., twenty-two years ago and lived on a claim
north of Grimes.
Walter J. Finch, prominent local business man passed away in a Guthrie
hospital on Thursday, June 28.  Funeral services were held from the
Presbyterian church on Saturday afternoon, June 30, at three o'clock, with
the Reverend G. A. Swanson officiating.  Following the ceremonies at the
church the body was conducted to El Reno cemetery by members of the
Knights Templar while members of the El Reno Blue Lodge of the Masonic
order had charge of the services at the grave.
Mr. Finch at the time of his death was a member of the real estate firm of
Finch and Meadows, vice-president of the Citizens National Bank of El
Reno, and vice-president of the Bank of Gotebo.  He was a member of the El
Reno chapter of the B.P.O.E. and was active in Masonic circles.  Pall
bearers included A. T. March, K. E. Humphrey, T. H. Ellison, J. C. Potree,
G. W. Lewis and L. Babcock.
Mr. Finch is survived in El Reno by his wife, Mrs. Leona Finch, with whom
he was united in marriage in 1901 at Princeton, Maryland, and a daughter,
Miss Louise Finch.
Relatives who attended the funeral were his mother Mrs. Margaret Finch of
Oklahoma City, two sisters, Mrs. Teresa Childs and Mrs. C. W. Friends of
Memphis, Tennessee; three brothers, Ned Finch of Oklahoma City, Charles B.
Finch of Gotbo (Gotebo), and Ives Finch of Cheyenne, Oklahoma; and Mrs.
Ives Finch, also of Cheyenne, Okla.; Mrs. Walter Hammond and Miss Violet
Graham of Weleetka, Oklahoma; and Mr. Carol McCullough of Tulsa, also
attended.
Mr. Finch was 45 years old at the time of his death.  He was a member of
the El Reno Chamber of Commerce, the Lion's club, the El Reno Country Club
and was very active in the social and civic work of the community.
He first came to El Reno in 1898 and became identified in insurance and
real estate work which he has continued until the time of his death.  He
was born in Garner, Iowa, on July 2, 1878.  Mrs. Finch is in charge of his
business at the present time.

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