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Pauline Louise Darby Finke

18 Feb 1911 – 27 Mar 2005

Birth	18 Feb 1911
Death	27 Mar 2005
Cemetery	Valley Mills Cemetery Valley Mills , Bosque County , Texas , USA
Added by	Sarah Murdock on 14 Mar 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10743155

Bio

Funeral services for Pauline Louise Finke, 94, of Morgan, were held Thursday, March 31, 2005, at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Meridian, with Jim Carter officiating. Interment followed in Valley Mills Cemetery. Finke died Sunday, March 27, 2005, at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. She was born Feb. 18, 1911, in Valley Mills, a daughter of the late Homer and Rosa Ella Billing Darby. She was educated in Valley Mills. On Oct. 30, 1935, she married Willie Ernest (Bill) Finke in Valley Mills. He preceded her in death on Feb. 8, 1985. In 1941, the couple moved from Valley Mills to Morgan. She was a member of the Morgan First Baptist Church, where she was active as long as her health permitted. She sang in the church choir, taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School, and served for 25 years as a member of the Women's Missionary Union. Finke loved gardening and working in the yard. For many years, she had a large vegetable garden, and enjoyed sharing the produce with friends, neighbors, and relatives. In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother. Finke is survived by daughters Ann Schlidge of Los Gatos, Calif., and Ruth and husband Mel Young of Dallas; three grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother Calvin Darby of Waco; sister Margie Garrett of Hubbard; and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends. Pallbearers were Jimmy Abel, Ralph Patrick, Douglas Thiele, Conrad Robison, Marvin Robison, Gary Darby, Glen Darby, Ronald Garrett, and Ross Thornton. Lawson Funeral Home, Meridian, was in charge of arrangements.

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Parents

• Homer Hudson Darby 1883–1960
• Rosa Ella Billing Darby 1884–1969

Spouse

• Willie Ernest "Bill" Finke 1903–1985

Siblings

• Bessie Mary Darby Abel 1907–2001
• Doris Avrial "Averial" Darby Patrick 1909–1976
• Eunice Lyle Darby Thiele 1913–1994
• Homer Drew Darby 1916–1993
• Ina Dorene "Aunt Dee" Darby Thornton 1920–1973
• Calvin Edwin Darby 1924–2008
• Marjorie "Margie" Darby Garrett 1929–2012

Children

• Helen Ruth Finke Young 1938–2016

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