Wayne Frank Finley, 78, of Northwood, died on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, at his home. Memorial service was held on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 11:30 a.m. at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, with Dr. Wilheim DeHough officiating. Family received friends after 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Wayne was born on Sept. 10, 1931, to Paul and Ella (Cooper) Finely of Riceville, Iowa, at their home. He attended the Stone School House on Little Cedar Road. Wayne farmed near Riceville with his father. He then operated Finley Surge Services, Rock Valley, Osage, after which he went back to farming with his father. Wayne worked at Story City Plumbing & Heating and eventually bought the business. He moved to Wisconsin and dairy farmed for 15 years. Then he moved to Northwood, Iowa, where he opened his own plumbing and heating business from 1987 to 2001, when he retired. Wayne was united in marriage to Dawn Fuller at the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa, on Sept. 17, 1988. He was preceded in death by his father, Paul, in 1995 and mother, Ella, in December of 2009. Wayne is survived by his wife, Dawn, of Northwood; brother, Merlyn (Shirley) Finely, of Decorah; children, Tracy (Tracy) LaCount of Little Saumico, Wis., David Zeno of Osage, Iowa, Connie (James) Phillips of Story City, Iowa, Patti (James) Beck of Story City, Iowa, Deborah (Brian) Holmes of Story City, Iowa, Doug (Kim) Finley of Story City, Iowa, and David (Annie) Finley of Story City, Iowa; grandsons, Allen and Dale LaCount of Little Saumico, Wis., and Treg Knospe of Merrill, Wis.; granddaughters, Arwen Knospe of Merrill, Wis., and Ashley (Anderson) LaCount of Little Saumico, Wis.; great-grandson, John LaCount of Little Saumico, Wis.; several other grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends; his extended family, Ernest and Mary Fuller of Arpin, Wis., John and Linda Fuller of Mosinee, Wis., Diana and Tom Kundinger of Auburndale, Wis., Debbie and Charlie Triplat of Pittsville, Wis., Juantia and Mike Varsho of Arpin, Wis., Gary and Tammy Fuller of Pittsville, Wis., Vanessa and Jim Bugman of Pine Island, Minn., Vickie and Steve Varsho of Hewitt, Wis., Seth and Cheryl Fuller of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Ernestine and Frank Neve of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Eugene Allen Bartz, 74, of Grafton, died Dec. 22, 2009, at his home. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Highway 65 South in Northwood. Gene was born March 2, 1935, son of Alvin and Vera (Hartwig) Bartz. He was baptized and confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton, Iowa. He graduated from Grafton High School, class of 1953. He married Joann Heizelman on March 4, 1956. They had four children. He farmed all his life in the Grafton area. He is preceded in death by his son, Michael Bartz; mother, Vera Bartz; father, Alvin Bartz; and brother, Roger Bartz. He is survived by daughter, Bonnie (and Dean) Crosier of Bloomington, Ill; granddaughter , Kathryn (and Matthew) Lollar; great-grandchildren, Bridget and Graham; grandson, Kelsey Thayer; daughter, Brenda (and Greg) Evenson of Boone, Iowa; grandsons, Ryan Billings and Karl Billings; son, Mark (and Rebecca) Bartz of Mason City, Iowa; grandsons, Adam and Trevor Bartz (sons of the late Michael Batz), the children’s mother, Joann Bartz of Mason City, Iowa; and his sister, Marjorie Lane of Minneapolis, Minn.
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