Patricia Ann Finley, 87
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 5 years, 1 month AGO
Patricia Ann Finley, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, was born on July 19, 1932, in Encampment, Wyo. She passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Dec. 20, 2019.
Tricia moved to Ammon, Idaho, during her youth, where she met her future husband, N.B. “Bill” Finley in her junior year of high school while at a Christian youth conference in Pocatello, Idaho. They married on Dec. 27, 1952, in Idaho Falls, while Bill was on leave from his service in the Air Force.
Tricia spent her adulthood as a wife, mother, friend, bookkeeper and administrative assistant, making a home for her family in Blackfoot and Bellevue, Idaho, and Denver. Eventually retiring to Sun Lakes, Ariz., she indulged in golf, bridge, travel, ever‐changing hobbies and time with family. As grandchildren arrived she poured herself into creating new cross generational adventures with them.
This year shall find her celebrating both Christmas and a wedding anniversary with her beloved Bill, who died in 2006.
Tricia is survived by her four sons and spouses: Perry and Terry, J.D. and Kate, Scott and Teresa and Stuart, along with seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
An internment celebration at Fort Logan National Cemetery is planned for summer, 2020.