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    1. [GV] Obit, Donald Fink
    2. Henry Schmick
    3. Fink, Donald, Sept. 18, 1933- Jan. 25, 2014 Billings Gazette Billings, Montana 28 Jan 2014 LAUREL — Donald Fink, 80, passed away suddenly at his home in Laurel, Mont., Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. He was born to Peter and Josie Fink, Sept. 18, 1933, at Raymond, Mont. Don received his elementary education in Raymond and high school in Plentywood, Mont., graduating in 1952. April 10, 1954, Don and Zelda Johansen were married in Plentywood. Don managed a grain elevator beginning in Comertown six years, Raymond for six years, Glasgow three years, Flaxville 15 years, and Fairfield until retiring in 1988 and then he worked for the Irrigation District for four years. In 2007, Don and Zelda moved to a subdivision east of Laurel to be near their grandson and his family, bigger hospitals and right off the Interstate. They made two or three trips to Kentucky and California every year, plus going to Opheim and Plentywood to see relatives and friends. Survivors include his wife, Zelda; his children, Mike (Peggy) Fink of Elizabethtown, Ky., Jeanette (Billy) Risa of Opeim and Jim (Judy) of Suisun City, Calif.; also, four grandchildren, Chad (Becky) Philippi of Billings, Brandon (Kelly) Fink of Cecelia, Ky., Kristina (Andrew) Lowe of Louisville, Ky., and Sarah Fink of Suisun City; also, five great-grandchildren, Jaedon, Dylan and Brooklyn Philippi, Haley Fink and Kennedy Lowe. Don is also survived by his brothers, Harry (Louise) Fink of Raymond and Russell (Phylis) Fink of Plentywood; numerous nieces and nephews; and by Steve Philippi of Glasgow, Mont. Services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at Little Flower Catholic Church, 3411 Third Ave. S., Billings. Interment will be in St. Pius Cemetery, Billings. Smith Funeral Chapel-Laurel assisted with arrangements.

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