Pat Finch, 84, active in community

Adelaide Newman “Pat” Finch of Ridgefield, who had been active in the community for most of her life, died on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at Danbury Hospital. She was 84 years old and the widow of Lewis J. “Bubby” Finch, who died in January 2003.
Mrs. Finch was born in Danbury on March 17, 1919, a daughter of Kenneth and Margaret Aldreani Newman. She attended Danbury schools and was a graduate of Danbury High School Class of 1935. For a brief time, she worked at the former Danbury Hat Company.
A resident of Ridgefield for the past 65 years, Mrs. Finch was a volunteer in the community and at St. Mary’s Church. For many years, she was a model for woman’s fashions and participated in many charitable fund-raising fashion shows.
She loved to paint with watercolors, oils and charcoal, and enjoyed cooking, needlepoint, and reading. She also liked to dance — her parents had operated the well-known Newman School of Dance in Danbury.
Her survivors include a son, Barry N. Finch and his wife Louise of Ridgefield; a daughter, Patti-Lou Schmidt and her husband John of Ridgefield; a sister, Nancy N. Montanari and her husband Fred of Ridgefield; six grandchildren, Heather Finch, Sean Finch, Seth Cashman, Ben Cashman, J. Michael Schmidt and David Schmidt; three great-grandchildren, twins Roger and Patrick Finch and Taylor Schmidt; and several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated today, Thursday, at 10:15 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church.
Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Danbury Hospital Development Fund, 24 Hospital Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810, the Ridgefield Fire Department Ambulance Fund, 6 Catoonah Street, Ridgefield, or to the Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street, Ridgefield 06877.
The Kane Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.