Our Dear Mother, Grandmother, and Sister, Patricia (Pat) Jean Finn, sadly passed away Thursday January 5, 2023, at the age of 92. She was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma on May 16, 1930, to Ernest and Lucille Tolliver. She was a wonderful Mother, Grandmother, and sister who was always there when needed. She had many friends and was a well-loved member of her church family and the community of Clovis and Fresno, California.
Preceded in death by two husbands, Charles Cook and James Finn and a daughter, Tonya Gallenkamp.
She is survived by three daughters, Paula Fedun, Lisa Walker, and Melanie Cook, her sister, Ann Strom, 9 grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and son-in-law Edward Walker.
Pat’s lifelong journey was dedicated to supporting her husbands’ ministry to various Seventh Day Adventist churches, in Nebraska, Arizona, and California and raising her four daughters. She was very creative, in oil, acrylic, and watercolors on canvas, and Bronze Sculpting. She loved to cook, bake, garden, and entertain in her home to family, friends, and her church family. She enjoyed reading, especially studying the Bible.
There will be a Public Funeral Service for Patricia Finn on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at the Fresno Central SDA Church on 2980 East Yale Ave. Fresno, California at 2:30 p.m.
Serving as pallbearers are Edward Kent Walker Jr., Ly Ho, Charles Gallenkamp, Ed Walker, Aidan Roman and Eric David Gallenkamp.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to Tunnel to Towers Foundation at 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10306 or https://t2t.org/donate/.