Lawrence LeRoy Finifrock

Lawrence LeRoy Finifrock, 97, of Barnum, Minn., died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, in Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton, Minn. He was born July 13, 1914, in Yakima Valley, Wash., to Albert and Mary Finifrock. The family homesteaded in Montana from 1917 until 1920. They moved to New Underwood, S.D., living there until 1933. Lawrence married Marion Hill on March 27, 1938, in Barnum. He dairy farmed until 1967. Lawrence also worked for the Soo Line Railroad, Diamond Match and the Moose Lake State Hospital before retiring in 1980. After retirement he lived on Crystal Lake in Mahtowa, Minn., before moving to Chub Lake in 1986.