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- Buffalo News, The (NY) - June 29, 1997
Lawson L. Finger, 78, of Akron, a founding partner in Buffalo Sheet Metals, died Thursday (June 26, 1997) in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after a brief illness.
Finger, who was born in Newstead, was an active member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Akron throughout his life, serving as treasurer and financial secretary of the church council for many years
During World War II, he served in the Army in the South Pacific and was a member of the L.L. Tillman Post 900, American Legion, and the Newstead Wars Post 3180, Veterans of Foreign.
In 1954, he was one of the founding partners of Buffalo Sheet Metals, a major sheet metal and construction company in Western New York.
He worked on such projects as Erie County Medical Center, the University at Buffalo, Buffalo General Hospital and North AmeriCare Park.
He was also a member of many industry organizations, such as the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association and New York State Sheet Metal and Roofing Contractors' Association.
He was also one of the original financial partners in Dande Farms Country Club in Akron.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, the former R. Jean Hunt; two sons, Harold and David, both of Akron; two daughters, Helen Beutel of Baltimore and Nancy Peters of Akron; a brother, Henry of Akron; and three sisters, Emily Granke of Akron, Martha Fitzgerald of Waynesboro, Va., and Bertha Hershelman of Kenmore; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandsons.
A funeral will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in St. John's Lutheran Church, 168 Main St., Akron. Burial will be in Evergreen Lawn Cemetery, Newstead
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1918 - 1997 (78 years)