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| Name Thelma Nettie Finger #15808 |
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| Born 26 Jan 1906 |
Place Jefferson, Kentucky |
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| Died 2 May 2000 |
Place Truckee, California |
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Date 22 Jun 1956 |
Place Carson City, Nevada |
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Found her on the 1940 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky census (dist 121-9 img 20) as Thelma Finger age 34, divorced. She is living with her parents. Saleslady, corset company.
Thelma Finger Meiss died on May 2, 2000 in her Truckee residence. She was 94. She was born in Louisville, KY on January 26, 1906 to Frederich W. and Nettie Corwin Finger. She graduated from the Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville in 1924, the Louisville Conservatory of Music in 1927 and the Louisville Normal School in 1928. She earned a degree in economics from the University of Louisville in 1928. She moved to Truckee, CA in 1949 where she lived for 42 years. She made her mark in Truckee as a educator and was hired by the California State Department of Education to help form what is now the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District. She worked as Dean of Students, a Counselor and teacher at Tahoe Truckee High School from 1949 to 1959.
She was a member of the Tinkerbell Garden Club, Truckee-Donner Historical Society and the Association of American University Women. She was also a member of the Assumption Catholic Church. She married her late husband, Edward Meiss when she was 50 and they built a home at Donner Lake. He preceded her in death in 1975.
She is survived by 16 nieces and nephews and her sister-in-law Adelle Finger of Ft. Meyers, FL.
She was a member of the Tinkerbell Garden Club, Truckee-Donner Historical Society and the Association of American University Women. She was also a member of the Assumption Catholic Church. She married her late husband, Edward Meiss when she was 50 and they built a home at Donner Lake. He preceded her in death in 1975.
She is survived by 16 nieces and nephews and her sister-in-law Adelle Finger of Ft. Meyers, FL.
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| Frederick "Fritz" Finger 1844 |
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| Friedrich Wolfgang Finger 1879 |
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| | Caroline Schorr 1855 |
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|- Thelma Nettie Finger
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| | Samuel C. Woodruff |
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| Nettie Corwin Woodruff 1881 |
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| Sara Grant |
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