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Name
Burton Elwin Fingar   #11514
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Born
1 Jan 1935
Place
Penn Yan, Yates, New York
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Died
18 Jul 2013
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Penn Yan, Yates, New York
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     approx. age 78


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20 Nov 1954
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  1  Barry Fingar
  2  Kimberly Fingar
  3  Tamara Fingar
  4  Jeffrey Fingar

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Found him on the 1940 Jerusalem, Yates, New York census (dist 62-14 img 9) as Berton Finger age 5.

Burton Fingar, 43, of 222 Lawrence St., Penn Yan, was issued an appearance ticket by Penn Yan police at 6 p.m. Saturday after he allegedly assaulted a neighbor, William Whitbeck of 214½ Lawrence St. Fingar, who was charged with third degree assault, is alleged to have gone to the Whitbeck house, provoked an argument and refused to leave. Whitbeck said Fingar hit him several times in the face during a resulting fight between the two men. Fingar is scheduled to appear before Village Judge Robert Nielsen on April 29. - Finger Lakes Times April 24, 1978 page 8

Burton E. Fingar, 78, of Penn Yan, NY, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital on July 18, 2013.

Per his wishes, there will be no formal funeral services. There will be a memorial service on Saturday, July 27th, 2013, at 1 pm at the Penn Yan Moose Lodge on East Elm St., Penn Yan, NY.

Burt was born in Penn Yan on January 1, 1935, the son of Kenneth and Mildred (Orr) Fingar. He was a graduate of Penn Yan Academy, where he was a standout member of the basketball team, and in 2011, Burt was an elected member of the inaugural class of the Penn Yan Academy Athletic Hall of Fame.

Burt worked as a union carpenter for many years, and in 1985 established his own business, "The Wood Doctor", which he operated until his retirement.

He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion, a lifelong member of the B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge, the Seneca Lake Duck Hunters, and Penn Yan Moose Lodge #2030, where he held several offices including Governor.

Burt is survived by Gail, his loving wife of 58 years; children Jeffrey (Carla), Kimberly (Ric) Soares, Barry (Karen), and Tamara Fingar Boulter; his grandchildren Haley (Bill) Barrar, Troy (Meghan Robinson), Megan, Aaron, Adam, and Brittany, Taylor, and Paige Boulter; his sister Bertha (George) Havens; several nieces and nephews, and many close friends.




                                                                    | Frank E. Finger  1862
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                                  | Eugene M. Finger  1883          | 
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                                  |                                 | Eliza Brittania Pepper 1861 
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| Kenneth Miller Fingar 1912      |
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|                                 |                                 | John A. Miller  1837   
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|                                 | Emma E. Miller 1874             |
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|                                                                   | Elizabeth A. Durham 1840 
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|- Burton Elwin Fingar   
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|                                 | James F. Orr  1890              |   
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| Mildred May Orr 1910            |
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                                  | Edith Rogers                    |
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