Walter Hedges Fink
1888 - 1949 (61 years)
Generation: 1
1. Walter Hedges Fink was born on 10 Mar 1888 in York, York County, Pennsylvania; died on 31 Oct 1949 in Redding, Shasta County, California; was cremated in Greenmount Cemetery, York, York County, Pennsylvania. Other Events:
- Occupation: editor, daily paper
- Census: 1920, Redding, Shasta County, California
- Census: 1930, Redding, Shasta County, California
- Census: 1940, Redding, Shasta County, California
Notes:
Walter Find Dies; Funeral Tomorrow
Walter H. Find, 61, retired Redding newspaper publisher and civic leader, died this morning at his home after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at McDonald’s chapel tomorrow at 2 p.m. by R.A. Sunderland. Cremation will follow in Sacramento.
Services also will be here at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of East Lawn memorial park in Sacramento.
A native of York, Pa., Fink was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Fink. He was education in York schools, and later attended Franklin and Marshall college in Lancaster, Pa., where he joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
After working on papers in York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Denver, Fink came to Redding in 1915 as editor of the Courier-Free Press, then an afternoon daily. He bought the paper I 1920, and I 1932 also took over his rival, the morning Searchlight.
He was editor and publisher of the combined papers for nine years. In 1941, he sold them, together with the Shasta Courier, to the Redding Record. However, for the following two years he continued to write his column, “Strolling.” When his contract expired, he became manager of the Redding chamber of commerce May 15, 1943. He held that position more than four years, resigning July 1, 1947.
Fink was active in civic and fraternal work. He was a member of all the local Masonic bodies, and the Ben Ali temple of the Shrine in Sacramento. He was also toparch of the Sciots when that “playground of the blue Lodge Masors” was active here.
He had served as exalted ruler of the Redding lodge of Elks, and was a charter member, and second president of the Redding Rotary club. He had a perfect attendance record in the latter organization until he retired from active membership and was made an honorary member after nearly 23 years.
He also had been chairman of Rotary’s Ladies’ night committee for 15 years. He served as president of the chamber of commerce. He also had been director of the Redding mosquito abatement district for 20 years. For many years he was in charge of arrngements for the community Christmas party for children.
He leaves his wife, Hattie Jane; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Dell Joseph and four grandchildren, Walter, Betty Ann, Glenn Edward and Ara Dell Joseph, all of Olinda; three sisters, Mrs. Charles F. Brigham, of San Mateo, and Mrs. Helen Schaeffer and Mrs. William T. McClellan, both of York; and a brother, Reginald Fink of York.
Record Searchlight, Redding, California. Monday, 31 October 1949, page 1.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88412383/walter-hedges-finkFamily/Spouse: Hattie Jane Collins. Hattie was born on 8 Mar 1878 in Parry Sound, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Aug 1958 in Redding, Shasta County, California; was buried in Lawncrest Memorial Park, Redding, Shasta County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]