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Ione Finnegan

Ione Finnegan, a Prineville resident passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. She was 95 years of age.

A private family inurnment will be held at Sunrise Cemetery in Wasco, Ore.

Ione was born in Clay Center, Neb. on Dec. 13, 1914 to Alanson N. and Mary M. (Piel) Kinnear. She attended and graduated from high school in Pierce, Colo. in 1932. She married Francis Edward Finnegan in Ellensburg, Wash. on June 14, 1948.

Ione loved being a homemaker raising her two boys and enjoyed embroidery. She for many years volunteered with the Sherman County Elections Board, where she met many different people who became dear friends to her. She enjoyed and loved watching sports on TV basketball and baseball. She attended and was a member of the Church of God in Prineville. Ione will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Ione is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Jim and Gayle Finnegan of Prineville. Se was preceded by her parents, her husband in 1963 and one son Alan in 1984.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Pioneer Memorial Hospice, 1103 NE Elm St., Prineville, OR 97754.

Arrangements are in the care of the Prineville Funeral Home.