July 12, 1909 - Jan. 11, 2006
MORRIS -- Norma Aletha Finnegan, 96, Wednesday, at the West Wind Village in Morris.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Assumption Catholic Church in Morris. Burial will be at Augusta Cemetery in Marietta.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris and for one hour prior to services at the church.
She was born July 12, 1909, in Brandt, S.D., to Olaf and Marie (Ekern) Hanson. She grew up and attended school in Brandt.
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She married Joseph Finnegan on Feb. 19, 1935, in Revillo, S.D. They farmed near Revillo until 1946, when they moved to California. They lived in California for one year, before moving to Marietta. In 1993, they moved to the Grandview Apartments in Morris. She moved to West Wind Village in 2004.
She was a member of Assumption Catholic Church in Morris and a longtime member of St. James Catholic Church in Nassau.
She is survived by two children: Larry (and Nancy) Finnegan of Apple Valley and Joan (and Russel) Wolff of Morris; and six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1999, four brothers and one sister.
