Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Ronald L. Finton Sr.

July 1, 1955 - Nov. 7, 2007

 

South Bend Tribune 11/10/2007
MISHAWAKA - Ronald L. Finton Sr., 52, who resided on Bittersweet Road, passed to his rest at 2:02 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in the Emergency Room of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, from an apparent heart attack that day. Ronald was born July 1, 1955, in Okinawa, Japan, the son of Jesse Allen Finton and Morie Nmi Umezawa, and graduated form John Adams High School. He had been employed at Zolman Tire of South Bend as a Master Tech Mechanic. He lived all his life in the area.

 

He was married on Dec. 23, 1999, in Mishawaka, to Mary Kathryn Bobo, who survives with two daughters, Ashley Finton and Jessica Fox, both of Mishawaka; three sons, Bill Finton, Ron Finton Jr. and Joseph Fox, all of Mishawaka; his father, Jesse A. Finton of Mishawaka; and brother, Richard (Sherie) Finton of Jefferson City, MO. He has extended family, his mother-in-law, Laura Bobo of Granger, and his sister-in-law, Adele (Guy) Minix of Winamac. His mother, Morie, has passed.

 

Friends may call from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home, 26863 West Main, Edwardsburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. in the Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home, where friends may call one hour before services. Officiating will be Rev. Jeff Reese, Pastor of Hope United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. Memorial donations may be directed to American Cancer Society, 601 W. Edison Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545.