In Loving Memory VERA FINK
The Rite of Christian
Burial THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2001, 10:30 AM SACRED HEART CHURCH, MANNING, IOWA
Concelebrants REVEREND JAMES
MCALPIN, REVEREND LAURENCE BURNS, REVEREND MERLIN SCHRAD
Lectors VERA’S GRANDCHILDREN
Mass Servers CHELSIE CROGHAN, ASHLEY
CROGHAN
Gift Bearers VIOLA MOLLOY, SISTER
MARIE MOLLOY
Music “ON EAGLE’S WINGS” “HOW GREAT THOU ART” “AVE MARIA” “WHEN IRISH
EYES ARE SMILING” SACRED HEART CHOIR
MAUREEN HALBUR, ORGANIST
Interment SACRED HEART CEMETERY,
MANNING, IOWA
Casketbearers VERA’S GRANDCHILDREN
THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE PARISH HALL FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.
The Rite of Christian Burial for Vera Fink will be held Thursday, May 3, 2001, at 10:30 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning, Iowa, with Reverend James McAlpin and Reverend Laurence Burns as concelebrants. Lectors were Vera's grandchildren, mass servers will be Chelsie Croghan and Ashley Croghan and gift bearers were Viola Molloy and Sister Marie Molloy with music provided by the Sacred Heart Choir and Maureen Halbur was organist. Interment was held at the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Manning, Iowa with Vera's grandchildren as casket bearers. Prayer services were held Wednesday, May 2, 2001, with the Catholic Daughters Rosary at 4:00 p.m. and a prayer service led by Father James McAlpin at 7:00 p.m.
Vera Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick and Amelia (Smith) Molloy was born August 1, 1908, on a farm in Great Oak Township a near Emmetsburg in Palo Alto County, Iowa. She attended country school near her home and graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Emmetsburg. After graduation, she attended Des Moines University where she obtained her teaching certificate and returned to teach for one year at her country school near Emmetsburg. She then moved to Des Moines and worked for Armand Cosmetic Company.
On June 6, 1938, Vera was untied in marriage with Orval Fink at Ayshire. Four children were born to this union. The couple moved several times before settling in Manning in 1946. Orval worked as a pharmacist while Vera stayed at home and raised their children. After Orval died on February 14, 1988, Vera remained in her home until 1994 when she went to live with her daughter in Glidden.
Vera had been in declining health since January of 2001, and on April 30, 2001, she died at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. She was 92 years, 8 months and 29 days of age.
Besides her parents and husband, Vera was preceded in death by four brothers: Clarence, Charles, Ray and Edmund Molloy; four sisters: Virginia and Loretta Molloy, Irene McGuire and her husband, James and Gertrude Burns and her husband, James; two sisters-in-law Edith Mitchell and Ethelyn Chase.
Vera is survived by her children: Raymond Fink and his wife, Laura, of Frisco, Texas; Jeanette and her husband, Clet Winker of Glidden; Dorothy and her husband, William Colbenson, of Littleton, Colorado; James Fink and his wife, Mary, of Park Ridge, Illinois; fourteen grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; two sisters: Viola Molloy of Emmetsburg and Sister Marie Molloy of. Dubuque; and by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.