Lucy Culver Finley (Griffin)
July 6, 1841-May 25, 1922
Niles Daily Star-Sun, Thursday, May 25, 1922, page 8, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Lucy G. Finley Dies in Duluth
Mrs. Lucy Finley, a former resident of Niles for many years, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William P. Lardner in Duluth.
Lucy Culver Finley was one of the three children of Samuel and Maria Griffin, the others being Major Eli Griffin and Mrs. Lydia Griffin Bacon. Mrs. Finley was born July 6, 1841, in Edwardsburg, Cass county, Mich. At an early date she removed with her parents to the old Griffin home which stood at the northwest corner of Main and Fifth streets, from which she was married to Thomas F. Finley, July 2, 1862. To them were born two daughters, Belle (Mrs. Frank Landon) who died several years ago and Mrs. Lardner. Mrs. Finley taught in the primary department of our pubic schools for 18 years and was considered by state authorities the most competent phonic teacher in the state at that time.
Mrs. Finley was a woman of more than ordinary intellectual ability. She was a charter member of the ladies' Reading club and active in all literary work. After the death of her [missing words] her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lardner. She leaves two nephews, Edwin C. Griffin of this city and Ernest Bacon of Poplar Bluffs, Mo., two nieces, Mrs. F.N. Bonine, of this city, and Mrs. Daisy Baldwin of Kenosha, Wis., one grandson, Worth Landon, connected with the medical corps of the civil service in Washington, D.C., and many old friends to regret her death.
The funeral party will arrive in Niles some time Saturday. Further announcement as to the hour of arrival and other arrangements will be made later.