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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Jeanne Flannery

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Finkenaur

Aug 31, 1922 — Feb 28, 2012

Obituary

Funeral Mass for Jeanne Flannery Finkenaur, 89, Lawton, will be at noon Friday in the Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, pastor officiating. Mrs. Finkenaur died Tuesday, February 28, in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be in the West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Jeanne was born in Newburgh, New York on August 31, 1922 to Francis Joseph Flannery and Louise Darthez. She graduated at the top of her class from Newburgh Free Academy in 1938 then received her college degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1943. Jeanne was an elementary school teacher and also taught music at the West Point Elementary School. It was at the military academy that she met and married Robert ("Bob") on September 28, 1944. He preceded her in death on March 19, 1991. Jeanne raised Bob's two boys, Robert G. Finkenaur, Jr. and Kenneth B. Finkenaur as her own. In addition, she and her husband brought three more children into the world: James K. Finkenaur, Geoffrey D. Finkenaur, and, their only daughter, Jeanne F. Rock-Meyers. Jeanne was a steadfast Army wife, and supported her husband and her country during many tours of duty that took her family all over the world, including West Point, where Bob was a permanent professor of English, Nanking China, Stuttgart Germany, Fort Bliss Texas, White Sands Missile Installation, and Camp Kilmer New Jersey before settling in Newburgh, New York. In the last two years of her life, Jeanne became a Lawtonian, having moved to Oklahoma to be with her daughter. She embraced life in Lawton, and became a cherished member of the senior community. Jeanne lived a blessed life with many friends and family who loved her, and she delighted in all things Army and all things Irish. Survivors include a daughter and son in law, Jeanne Rock and Chris Meyers, Lawton; two sons and a daughter in law, Robert Griffith Finkenaur, Jr., Nahant, Massachusetts, and Kenneth Blood Finkenaur and Susan, Danvers, Massachusetts; nine grandchildren, Kelly Jeanne Rock-Smith, Robert Griffith Finkenaur, III, John Finkenaur, Betty Gooding, Michael F. Finkenaur, Kevin Finkenaur, Bridgette Erin Tombul, Michael Finkenaur and Denise Finkenaur; twelve great grandchildren. Two sons, James Kevan Finkenaur and Geoffrey Darthez Finkenaur, a grandson, James Kevan Finkenaur, and three sisters preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Holy Family Catholic Church, 1010 NW 82nd Street, Lawton OK 73505.

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