This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Finch, Johnson, Pierson, Chadwick, Deardorff, Bristow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Am.2ADI/266 Message Board Post: The following is obit ref: my great-grandfather. I would love to have information about the store, farm, neighbors, friends or family. "The Parker Message" newspaper of March 2, 1933, page 1: 'Pate' Finch, Pioneer Resident of Linn County Died Suddenly Payton Harrison Finch, known throughout the county as 'Pate' Finch, died suddenly Saturday after being in Mound City in the afternoon. He and Mrs. Finch, their son Chester and Howard Zimmerman had attended the sale here Saturday and on returning home the car became stuck in the mud and Mr. Finch got out and pushed the car. He became ill soon after the car was out of the mud and was taken to the Robert Paginton home, where he died before a physician could reach him. Born at Mapleton in 1872, Mr. Finch moved with his wife to the Farlinville vicinity and spent his entire life in this county. He operated a store in Goodrich for a number of years. After selling the store he moved to a farm East of Centerville where he has since made his home. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Chester of the home and Warren Finch of Hume, Mo.; three brothers, J.W. Finch of Pleasanton, Leonard Finch of Goodrich and Chester Finch of Tampa, Idaho; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Pierson of Dodge City, Kansas and Mrs. Will Johnson of Goodrich, four grandchildren and a host of friends. Funeral services were held at Goodrich Tuesday afternoon and interment................ (portion of article is missing from copy Walter Donald Finch had).