Hetty Finley

Monday, June 27, 2005

ST. LOUIS - Hetty Wagner Finley, formerly of Mississippi County, died at 12:

18 p.m. June 26, 2005, at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis.

Born July 28, 1928, in Baltimore, Md., daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner, she had lived in the Charleston and Cape Girardeau areas a number of years before moving to St. Louis in 1997. She was of Episcopalian belief.

On May 27, 1947, she married Bill Finley, who preceded her in death Aug. 9, 1996.

One brother and two sisters also preceded her in death.

Survivors include: one son, Bill Finley Jr. of Woodstock, Ill.; three daughters, Tina Whitehead, Leanne Cornwell and Vicki Finley of St. Louis; and five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation is from 10 a.m. Wednesday until the funeral hour at noon at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Jim Malugen, pastor of the First Christian Church in Charleston, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery near Charleston.

Pallbearers will be: Derek Viner, Dawn Atkison, Sean Fabio, Terry Cornwell, Douglas Cornwell and Michael Whitehead.