Phillip D. Fink
Visitation: 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Monday, December 02, 2013 at Garnand Funeral Home inElkhart,Kansas. |
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Funeral Service: 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 at Garnand Funeral Home Chapel in Elkhart, Kansas with Pastor Gary Murrell officiating. |
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Interment:ElkhartCemetery with military rites conducted. |
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The family requests memorials be given to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch in care of Garnand Funeral Home,PO Box 854,Elkhart,KS67950. |
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Phillip D. Fink, age 86, ofElkhart,Kansasdied Thursday, November 28, 2013 atMortonCountyHospitalinElkhart,Kansas. He was born April 3, 1927 in Plevna,Kansasthe son of Chart and Leona (Schoor) Fink. |
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He went to school at Stonewall,Coloradoand atElkhart. He quit the semester of his junior year to help make a living for his family. He met Hadean Hull in the early 40’s. He served in the Army in 1945. While in the service he served as an M.P. and a prison guard. On September 13, 1954 he married Hadean Hull inClayton,New Mexico. Phillip worked as a local mechanic at theMinneapolisand Buick dealerships and was a fulltime farmer. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, NRA member, and lifetime member of VFW. Phillip was a good husband and a great father. |
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He is survived by his three children, Sarita S. Blakeley, Phillip John Fink and wife Linda, Salena Jane Hurn and husband Craig all of Elkhart, Kansas; two brothers, Harold (Dutch) Fink of Rye, Colorado, Kenneth (Jim) Fink of Elkhart, Kansas; sister, Dorothy Ann Farrington of Arlington, Kansas; eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. |
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Phillip is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Hadean in 2008; son-in-law, Lindon Blakeley; great-grandson, Aidan Rey Renteria; brother, Robert (Bob) Fink; and sister, Charleen Blodgett. |