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Name
Kenneth Earl Finger   #3977
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Born
30 Dec 1920
Place
Rochester, Monroe, New York
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Died
24 Apr 2020
Place
Syracuse, New York
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     approx. age 100


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Spouse
Date
17 Apr 1944
Place
Garden City, Kansas
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  1  David Bruce Finger 1943
  2  Judy Lynn Finger 1947
  3  James Alan Finger 1956

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Found him on the 1930 Rochester, Monroe, New York census (dist 92 img 41), age 9.

WWII Draft Registration

Kenneth and Grace were married during WWII on an Army base in Kansas, he was a flight instructor at the time. - Judy Finger Brown

April 24, 2020 Kenneth Earl Finger, age 99, passed away April, 24, 2020, in Syracuse, NY. He was born Dec. 30, 1920 in Rochester New York, son of Edwin and Viola Finger.

He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his beloved wife of 76 years, Grace, his daughter Judy Brown, his son James Finger, daughter-in-law Pamala Delles, six grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his son David Finger, son-in-law Richard Brown, brother Edward Finger and sister Evelyn Matthias.

Ken was a decorated WWII army pilot and flew the first plane US plane to land in Berlin at the end of the war. He retired from Kodak's roll coating division in 1982. Ken enjoyed almost 70 summers in Thousand Island Park, surrounded by family and friends or out on the river fishing for the "big one that got away."


                                                                    | John Finger  1816
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                                  | Wesley Finger  1861             | 
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                                  |                                 | Hephzibah Maria Shultis 1819 
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| Edwin Ellsworth Finger 1891     |
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|                                 |                                 | Elijah Elsworth  1827   
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|                                 | Jennie Elizabeth Elsworth 1867  |
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|                                                                   | Sarah S. Blackwell 1827 
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|- Kenneth Earl Finger   
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|                                 | Charles Sparks                  |   
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| Viola Cora Sparks 1894          |
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                                  | Mary Boldley                    |
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