Individual Details

US Dept of Veterans Affairs Death File:
Opal Clairlane Finch enlisted in the Army, 16 Oct 1928 and was discharged 11 Jul 1932.

Opal married Ralph Waldo Finch. She is buried Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX

American Consular Service Certificate of Marriage
Shanghai, China, 11 May 1932
Geo. V. Allen, Vice-Consul certified that on the 11 May 1932 at the Cathay Hotel in Shanghai, China, Ralph Finch a citizen of the USA, age 30, born in Colfax, IN, now residing in Shanghai, and Opal Clair Lane, also a citizen of the USA, age 25, born in Mena AR, now residing in Shanghai, were married in my presence.

Passenger list of the SS "Thomas H. Barry" sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 Nov 1941, arriving at Port of New York, Brooklyn.
Clair Finch, 35, b. 31 Jan 1907, Mena, Ark, US Address - Camp Lee, VA
Frederick L. Finch, 7, b. Camp Lee VA, 18 Jan 1934
Ralph Finch, Jr., 5, b. Camp Lee, VA, 30 Jun 1936

Texas Death Certificate #23251
Opal Clair Lane Finch died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio where she had been for five days. She had Grave Disease and Cushings Disease and had multiple intracranial aneurysms, dying of subarachnoid hemorrhage on 6 Apr 1974. She was age 67, born 31 Jan 1907 in Arkansas. She was a registered nurse in the US Army. Father was William Emmet Lane, mother was Lena Little. She was married and the informant was Ralph Finch. She was buried Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery on April 10th.

Birth	31 Jan 1907	Arkansas
Marriage	11 May 1932	Shanghai, China - Ralph Wado Finch Sr
Divorce	18 Feb 1969	Bexar County, Texas - Ralph Wado Finch Sr
Death	6 Apr 1974	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Spouse	Ralph Wado Finch Sr (1901 - 1989)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	William Emmet Lane (1871 - 1926)
Mother	Carolena "Lena" Little (1881 - 1944)
Sibling	Roy Dooly Lane (1914 - 1914)