Dateline: Hoisington, Kansas

Corrine Catherine Finger, 75, died Dec. 31, 2014, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born July 16, 1939, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Lawrence “Joe L.” and Regina Marie (Debes) Kaiser.

She graduated from Odin High School.

On April 27, 1963, she married Lawrence J. “Larry” Finger, in Odin, Kansas. He died Dec. 1, 2005.
Corrine worked as a secretary for St. Rose Hospital and Central Kansas Medical Center. She was a resident of Hoisington since 1963, coming from the Dubuque and Odin area.

Corinne was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and was active in the Altar Society. She loved her family very much and was a caretaker for many of them.

Her surviving family includes; five siblings, Marvin Kaiser and wife Bernice of Hays, Gilbert Kaiser and wife Kathy of Kingman, Ronald Kaiser and wife Lucille of Hoisington, Jolene Rziha and husband Jim of Great Bend, and Marilyn Ricke of Hoisington; brother-in-law, Robert L. Finger of Hoisington; 15 nieces and nephews, Paula Beck and husband Andy, Brian Kaiser and wife Lynne, Chris Kaiser, Roger Kaiser and wife Katrina, Eric Kaiser, Lori Hogle and husband Jason, Andy Kaiser, Brad Kaiser, Troy Kaiser and wife Susan, Dale Kaiser and wife Sonja, Gina Dodd and husband Casey, Mona Dodd and husband Major Chad Dodd USMC, Carol Krug and husband Kerry, Daryl Schneider and wife Mary Lynne, and Keith Schneider and wife Shelly; and many great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; brother-in-law, Ted Ricke, and a sister-in-law, Betty Jean Schneider and her husband Joe.

Vigil service with Rosary will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at St. John the Evangalist Catholic Church, celebrated by Father Pascal Klein. Burial will follow in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery, Odin. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m Saturday and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Holy Family Cemetery Fund or St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, 415 N. Main, P.O.Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.

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