Individual Details

Fay Beers Finney

(20 Feb 1895 - 15 May 1968)

Fay Beers Finney registered for the World War I draft at Grant Co., Wisconsin. He states he was born Feb. 20, 1895 at Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin. He is doing mine drilling. He is single.

Gravestone states Wis Cpl 553 Motor Truck Co MTC WW I.

Obituary provided by the Grant County Genealogical Society: Fay Finney. Services were held at Platteville Saturday for Fay Finney, 73 a life long resident, who died May 15. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion. He operated the Finney Machine Shop until his retirement in 19?? He invented a portable lift and designed a built road, industrial and mining machinery. He is survived by his wife Marel; daughter Mrs. James Colle, Rockford; and a sister Miss Mildred Finney, Madison, Wis.

Events

Birth20 Feb 1895Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin
Death15 May 1968
BurialGreenwood Cemetery, Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin

Families

SpouseMarel Grace Deppe (1901 - 1985)
FatherAlton D. Finney (1856 - 1919)
MotherFannie Anna Kirkpatrick (1869 - 1936)
SiblingClancey Milo Finney (1892 - 1968)
SiblingEsther Finney (1897 - 1897)
SiblingMildred Gertrude Finney (1903 - 1975)
FatherAlton D. Finney (1856 - 1919)
MotherLuella Beers (1868 - 1905)
SiblingClancey Milo Finney (1892 - 1968)
SiblingMildred Gertrude Finney (1903 - 1975)

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