Thurman L. Fincham 1917-2002 Obituary
Thurman L. “Jim” Fincham, 85, a resident of 228 1/2 Heavner Ave., Elkins, passed away at 2 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2002, in Davis Memorial Hospital, following an extended illness.
He was born April 6, 1917, at Laurel Branch near Adolph, a son of the late Adolph and Elsie Fincham Wegman.
On Sept. 20, 1945, he was married to Martha A. White Fincham, who survives in Elkins.
Also surviving are three sons, Willard Keith Fincham and wife, Sharon, of Elkins, Doyle Mitchell Fincham and wife, Cindy, of Summit Point, and David Lance Fincham and wife, Deborah, of Petersburg; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Sheila Kathryn) Johnson of Elkins, and Mrs. Craig (Shelley Denise) Hyre of Beverly; 12 grandchildren, Scott Fincham and wife, Amy, Ryan Fincham and wife, Renee, Marsha Fincham and fiance, Gary, and Tiffany Fincham, Danielle Fincham and fiance, Nick, and Derek Fincham, Aaron, Jeremy, Christopher and Andrew Johnson and Brantley and Zachary Hyre; three brothers, Preston Wegman and wife, Dorothy, New Philadelphia, Ohio, Clayton Wegman, Elyria, Ohio, and Kenneth Wegman and wife, Pearl, Debary, Fla.; three sisters, Muriel French, Charles Town, Mrs. Don (Gretchen) Clevenger, Volga, and Mrs. Sylvia Fitzwater of Junior; several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Also preceded him in death were one son, Larry Duane Fincham, killed in Korea in 1971, while serving his country; four brothers, Chester, Randall, Francis and Richard; and one sister, Mrs. Tom (Evelyn) George.
Mr. Fincham attended schools at Laurel Branch and Adolph. He was a farmer, coal miner and timber cutter before entering the Army in 1942. He was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, Glider Infantry at Ft. Bragg, N.C. He was awarded the “Glider Wings” medal for leadership instructor and demonstrative abilities of the CG-4 Glider in 1943 at the Alliance Air Base in Aberdine, Neb., and honorably discharged in 1946. He worked for Davis Barrel Stove Co., Elkins-randolph County Airport and Allegheny Lumber Co. and retired from Gunlock Chair Co. as veneer division supervisor in Wayland, N.Y. He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans and a member of Elkins Church of the Brethren.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday from the funeral home chapel with Preacher Ron Nestor and the Rev. Walter H. Blough officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. Presentation of the American Flag will be made by members of the H.W. Daniels Post 29 American Legion.
Thurman L. Fincham 1917-2002 Obituary
