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Monday, November 1, 2010; 6:51 PM
Cathryn R. Finch, 88, who volunteered with local Girl Scout troops for 45
years, died Oct. 11 at an assisted living facility in Little Rock. She had
Alzheimer's disease.
A longtime Bethesda resident, Mrs. Finch moved to Little Rock in 2004.
She helped the Girl Scouts restore the Jazz Age Dentzel Carousel in Glen
Echo Park and helped restore the house of a 19th-century C&O Canal lock
attendant. Mrs. Finch received the Knox Award, the highest honor given by
the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital.
In 1984, Mrs. Finch received a presidential certificate of volunteer
achievement.
Cathryn Ann Riggleman was born in Cambridge, Mass., and moved to the
Washington area in 1929. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior
High School in 1940. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in
European history from George Washington University in the 1940s.
After college, she worked as an archivist with the World Bank and National
Archives. In 1953, she became a volunteer and homemaker.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro, where
she taught Sunday school.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Chester Finch of Little Rock;
three daughters, Anne Parat of Little Rock, Elizabeth Barber of El Paso, and
Mary Finch of Felton, Calif.; a brother, James Riggleman of Wilmington,
Del.; two grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
- Tim Smith
Cathryn R. Finch, 88, who volunteered with local Girl Scout troops for 45
years, died Oct. 11 at an assisted living facility in Little Rock. She had
Alzheimer's disease.
A longtime Bethesda resident, Mrs. Finch moved to Little Rock in 2004.
She helped the Girl Scouts restore the Jazz Age Dentzel Carousel in Glen
Echo Park and helped restore the house of a 19th-century C&O Canal lock
attendant. Mrs. Finch received the Knox Award, the highest honor given by
the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital.
In 1984, Mrs. Finch received a presidential certificate of volunteer
achievement.
Cathryn Ann Riggleman was born in Cambridge, Mass., and moved to the
Washington area in 1929. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior
High School in 1940. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in
European history from George Washington University in the 1940s.
After college, she worked as an archivist with the World Bank and National
Archives. In 1953, she became a volunteer and homemaker.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro, where
she taught Sunday school.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Chester Finch of Little Rock;
three daughters, Anne Parat of Little Rock, Elizabeth Barber of El Paso, and
Mary Finch of Felton, Calif.; a brother, James Riggleman of Wilmington,
Del.; two grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
- Tim Smith