Richard F. Finegan
Born: July 17, 1925
Died: December 27, 2003
Married: Veronica "Vera" Lashway Finegan
Children: Timothy Finegan
Richard Fletcher Finegan
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, December 29, 2003
Richard F. Finegan
Richard Fletcher Finegan, 78, of Harrietstown Road in Saranac Lake, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid.
Born in Saranac Lake on July 17, 1925, he was the son of Fletcher and Helen (Leahy) Finegan.
Mr. Finegan was a life-long resident of Saranac Lake and had worked at Crystal Springs Dairy as a farm worker and later a milkman for 20 years until 1975. He was employed at the Adirondack Airport in Lake Clear for 17 years, retiring as assistant manager in 1992. Mr. Finegan built airplanes in his youth and enjoyed furniture making and woodworking. He was a licensed pilot and an instructor.
He was also scoutmaster of Troop 2 and assistant scoutmaster of Troop 1, Bedford District, Boy Scouts of America. He was a volunteer at the Visitor Interpretive Center in Paul Smiths. He enjoyed fishing and hunting and taught fly fishing at North Country Community College.
He is survived by his wife Veronica “Vera” Lashway Finegan of Saranac Lake, whom he married on Aug. 14, 1965; one son, Timothy Finegan of Plattsburgh; a brother, John “Jack” Finegan and his wife Mary of Saranac Lake; a sister, Helen Camelo and her husband Dominick of Keeseville; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A Bible vigil will be held at 5:45 p.m. today at the funeral home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake with the Rev. Thomas Kornmeyer officiating. Burial will be in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in May.
Friends wishing to remember Richard Fletcher Finegan may make memorial contributions to Uihlein Mercy Center or St. Bernard’s School in care of the funeral home.