| Chester Lee Finch Jr. |
Chester L. Finch Jr., telephone company engineer
Friday, February 11, 2011; 6:54 PM
Chester L. Finch Jr., an engineer who worked for the old Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone for three decades and who also became a
high-ranking officer in the Army Reserve, died of pneumonia Jan. 19 at an
assisted-living facility in Little Rock. He was 89. Gen. Finch retired from
his engineering career in 1983.
He had served in the Army in World War II and then went into the reserve.
He retired from the reserve in 1981 with the rank of brigadier general.
His military decorations included the Meritorious Service Medal.
Chester Lee Finch Jr. was born in Chicago and spent most of his life in
Washington. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1939.
Gen. Finch graduated in 1943 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.,
with a degree in industrial engineering.
His memberships included the Reserve Officers Association and the
American Legion, from which he received a distinguished service award. He
was a past president of the Washington Society of Engineers.
His wife of 60 years, Cathryn Riggleman Finch, died in 2010. Survivors
include three daughters, Anne Parat of Little Rock, Elizabeth Barber of El
Paso and Mary Finch of Aromas, Calif.; two grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
--- Emma Brown
Friday, February 11, 2011; 6:54 PM
Chester L. Finch Jr., an engineer who worked for the old Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone for three decades and who also became a
high-ranking officer in the Army Reserve, died of pneumonia Jan. 19 at an
assisted-living facility in Little Rock. He was 89. Gen. Finch retired from
his engineering career in 1983.
He had served in the Army in World War II and then went into the reserve.
He retired from the reserve in 1981 with the rank of brigadier general.
His military decorations included the Meritorious Service Medal.
Chester Lee Finch Jr. was born in Chicago and spent most of his life in
Washington. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1939.
Gen. Finch graduated in 1943 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.,
with a degree in industrial engineering.
His memberships included the Reserve Officers Association and the
American Legion, from which he received a distinguished service award. He
was a past president of the Washington Society of Engineers.
His wife of 60 years, Cathryn Riggleman Finch, died in 2010. Survivors
include three daughters, Anne Parat of Little Rock, Elizabeth Barber of El
Paso and Mary Finch of Aromas, Calif.; two grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
--- Emma Brown