Individual Details

The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, January 30, 1957, Page 17, Col. 5: John C. Finley. Funeral will be at 1 p. m. Thursday at Colonial mortuary for John C. Finley, Vancouver, Wash., who died Monday at Veterans hospital in Vancouver after a lengthy illness. Mr. Finley was born in Harrison, Neb., February 24, 1898, and had lived in Vancouver the past 25 years. He was for ten years employed in the Linnton plant of the General Petroleum company and was a member of Washington Masonic lodge and a veteran of the first world war. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Sylvia F. Finley; a daughter, Mrs. Loa Jeanne Edwards, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.; a son, Jack C. Finley; sisters, Mrs. Gladys Lehman, Portland, and Mrs. Winifred McCasland, Denver; brothers, Bert P. Finley, Vancouver, and Ben M. Finley, Denver, and two grandchildren. Cremation will be private at Rose City cemetery.

Birth	24 Feb 1898	Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska
Residence	1930	1930 census age 31 marr age 24 w/wife & dtr - Moffat, Sagauche Co., Colorado
Residence	1940	1940 census age 42 w/wife & 2 children - Baker, Clark, Washington, USA
Death	28 Jan 1957	Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
Burial		Cremated, Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon

Spouse	Sylvia Florence Redman (1907 - 1979)
Child	Loa Jeanne Finley (1926 - 2007)
Child	Jack Calvin Finley (1930 - 2009)

Father	John Calvin "Johnnie" Finley (1871 - 1956)
Mother	Nellie Belle Kirkpatrick (1868 - 1952)
Sibling	Benjamin Marvin Finley (1890 - 1960)
Sibling	Winifred "Winnie" Belle Finley (1893 - 1973)
Sibling	Nellie Gladys Finley (1895 - 1957)
Sibling	Berton "Bert" Peter Finley (1900 - 1966)