Kenneth Geiger Fink, Jr.

1927 - 2012  (84 years)

• Name	Kenneth Geiger Fink
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	27 Dec 1927	Roseland, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Sep 2012	Prairieville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	6 Oct 2012	Arcola-Roseland Cemetery - Arcola, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I3038	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	C.A. Devillier
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F1182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Dec 1927 - Roseland, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 19 Sep 2012 - Prairieville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 6 Oct 2012 - Arcola-Roseland Cemetery - Arcola, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Kenneth Geiger Fink, Jr. Obituary picture
  		Kenneth Geiger Fink, Jr. 1948 Loyola University Yearbook Photo New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

  
  

  Documents

  U.S. World War II Draft Card - Kenneth Geiger Fink, Jr. Name: Kenneth Geiger Fink Race: White Age: 18 Birth Date: 27 Dec 1926 Birth Place: Roseland, Louisiana Residence Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USa Registration Date: 27 Dec 1944 Registration Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Employer: Student - Holy Cross College Height: 6' 1" Weight: 127 lbs. Complexion: Ruddy Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Next of Kin: Mrs. Kenneth G. Fink

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Kenneth G. Fink Jr. LLB JD beautifully lived 85 years and came to a peaceful end on September 19, 2012. Born in Roseland, LA on December 27, 1927 to Kenneth G. Fink Sr. and Aleen Pevey Fink, Ken lived in Potstown, PA during the great depression, then returned south where he attended St. James Major grammar school and Holy Cross High School in New Orleans, LA. He was a veteran of WWII as a member of the US Army Air Force, serving in the European Theatre. Upon his discharge, he attended Loyola University in New Orleans and then Cumberland University Law School in Lebanon, TN where he graduated third in his class. He went on to study LA Napoleonic Code at LSU where he was awarded his license to practice law in Louisiana, which he did for 30 successful years in Denham Springs, LA before retiring to Toledo Bend, LA and finally Prarieville, LA. Kenneth was proud to be past commander of VFW in Denham Springs, and a member of Baton Rouge Consistory, Acacia Shrine Temple, LA State Bar Association, Livingston Parish Association, and over 50 years with Denham Springs Masonic Lodge No. 297. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Carol deVilliers Fink; daughter Jeannine Baer Lewis and her children: Christopher and Blake; son Max Roland Baer, his wife Denise Bell Baer and their children: Eve and her husband Jeff, Chris and his wife Katherine, Clint and his wife Erin, Anna, Julia and her husband Miles, Claudia, and Angele'; daughter Anna Michelle Baer Zoghbi, her husband Hamid Zoghbi and their children: Nicole, Sarah, Max and Michael; son Neal Baer, his wife Jennifer Bishop Baer, and their children: Ryan, Misha, Hannah, Katherine, John David, Kayleigh, Claire, and Chase; Godson David Moore, his wife Wendy Riley Moore, and their children Nicholas and Allison; and also great grand children: Alijah, Savanna, Ethan, Connor, and namesake Kenneth who is on the way. He will be missed by his faithful companion Bud puppy; as well as numerous beloved nieces and nephews and their children; cousins: Jerry Russell King, Betty Russell Connell, Betty Pevey Lee, and Jean Pevey;. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins, all of which he was very fond of. A special thanks for In His Hands Hospice, particularly Pierre, Alicia, Yvonne, Toye, Gerry and Rev. Bill Brewer for the love and care given to him in his last months. Also thanks to Chantina and Aaron Ballard for their dedicated love and care. In leu of flowers, our Pepaw requested that donations be made to In His Hands Hospice, Shriner's Hospital or St. Jude Children's Hospital. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, 110 E. Factory St., Amite, LA, on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 9am until funeral to follow at 10am. Interment will follow in Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola, LA. (Published in The New Orleans Times-Picayune from October 2 to October 5, 2012)