Johnnie Fink
November 21, 1923 - April 29, 2020
Johnnie Harrison Fink, 96, passed away
quietly at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton on Wednesday (April
29, 2020) in his sleep.
Dad was born November 21, 1923 in a sod
house built into the side of hill on his parent’s homestead near
Monument, Kansas. He was the fourth of five children born to George
Harrison and Bertha Helen Witt Fink.
After many near calamities and near
starvation, the family left the homestead and eventually settled in
Salina, Kansas.
Dad accepted Christ as his Savior in
1934 at the age of 11 under the ministry of Reverend Nye J. Langmade
Johnnie was active in ministry throughout his life.
He graduated from Salina High School in
1941, the hitchhiked to Topeka each week to radio school. He joined
the Army (Air Corps) in 1943 and was stationed in Guam, serving in
the support of B-29’s and their bombing missions until the end of
the war. Johnnie always loved planes and cars.
In 1946, he married Marguerite Rose
McAtee of Ellis, Kansas in Salina a the Langmade home. They were
married 67 years before her death in 2013.
They made their home in Salina where he
became an apprenticed plumber working with his brothers at Fink’s
Plumbing & Heating for many years. They later moved to the Kansas
City, Missouri area where he became the camp ranger for the
Mid-Continent Girl Scout Camp – Camp Prairie Schooner. After
retirement, the moved to Hillsboro, Kansas where he was a “jack of
all trades”, especially enjoying woodworking and chair repair. He
always said that never in his life, did he not look forward to going
to work!
He is survived by his four children
Virginia (Kermit) Iserhardt of Newton, Gerre (Doyle) Gustafson of
Edmonds, Wash., Barbara Bowers of McPherson, Ks., and Tim Fink of
Evansville, Ind.; eight grandchildren Kristin (David) Kliewer of
North Newton, Jonathan (Dawny) of Iola, Christopher (Michelle) Bowers
of McPherson, Jennifer Works of Amarillo, Tx., Tara Janicki of Shore
Line, Wash., Cyann Snowden of White Fish, Mont., David (Brittany)
Fink of Evansville, and Amanda Fink of Evansville; many great
grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Johnnie is preceded in death by his
parents; wife; brothers Leroy and Marvin; and sisters Maryellen
Gustafson and Jeanne Johnson.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00
P.M. Monday (May 4, 2020) the Newton Bible Church for family only,
friends may watch the live steam at www.newtonbible.org.
Interment will be in the Greenwood
Cemetery in Newton.
The casket will be open on Monday for
friends at the church between 10:00 A.M. and Noon.
A memorial has been established with
the Newton Bible Church, contributions may be sent to Broadway
Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, Ks. 67114.
The family greatly appreciates the care
Dad received at Kansas Christian Home.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton, Ks.
