Patrick C. Finn
Patrick Finn
WAYNE – Services for Patrick C. Finn, 92, Wayne, formerly of Carroll, will be 10:30 a.m., Dec. 30, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Wayne. The Rev. Joseph Finn will officiate with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Pender. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to service time, Friday, at the church. Hasemann Funeral Home, Wayne, is in charge of arrangements. Patrick died Dec. 24, 2022, at the Country View Care Center, Wayne, where he had resided since July 2019. Patrick Claire Finn was born March 3, 1930, at the Finn family farm northeast of Carroll, to John and Frances (Verzani) Finn. He attended rural school District 72, Carroll High School and Sacred Heart High School, Emerson, graduating from Wayne High School in 1946 at age 16. He graduated from the Commercial Enterprise School, Omaha.
He and Marilyn Anne Brich, Pender, were married Jan. 22, 1951, at St. Frances de Chantal Catholic Church, Randolph. The couple lived in Yankton, S.D., until January 1953, when they moved to the farm that has been in the Finn family since 1905. He raised crops, cattle and purebred Hampshire hogs.
As a young man, Pat was a Golden Gloves boxer. For more than 40 years, he was a competitive runner, vying into his early 80s.
Pat was a 4-H leader and a member of St. Mary’s Parish, Wayne. His interests included reading, writing letters, gardening, livestock genetics, welding and visiting with friends and family.
Survivors include children, Mary Patricia (Michael) Hoag, Norfolk; Sally Stahlecker, Norfolk; Alan (Debra) Finn, Wayne; Eileen Finn, Papillion; Amy (Gary) Rasmussen, York; Michael (Lori) Finn, Winside; Annette Finn, Omaha; and the Rev. Joseph Finn, Lincoln; sister, Jeanette Sudbeck, Seal Beach, Calif.; brother, Gerald (Nairy) Finn, Camano Island, Wash.; 12 grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; 16 greatgrandchildren; and eight step great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; stepfather, Lester Kelley; wife Marilyn, Sept. 17, 2013; sister, Lois Waltermeyer; son-in-law, Russell Stahlecker; and brother-in-law, Merlyn “Bud” Sudbeck.
Memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Mary’s Catholic School or to the family for future designation.
