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  | death_dateSeptember 10, 2011 (aged 87)

  | death_dateSeptember 10, 2011 (aged 87)

  | birth_place= Place of birth missing<br>

  | birth_place= Place of birth missing<br>

Long-term residence=[[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]]

Long-term residence=[[Laredo]], [[Texas]]

  | death_place=[[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], Texas<br>

  | death_place=[[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], Texas<br>

Resting_place:<br>

Resting_place:<br>

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| spouse=Edith Mary Grinnan Finley (married 52 years until his death) <br>

| spouse=Edith Mary Grinnan Finley (married 52 years until his death) <br>

Five daughters:<br>

Five daughters:<br>

Alicia Finley Richter<br>

Alicia Finley Richter<br>

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  }}

 

'''Josef Bartlett Finley, Jr.''', known as '''Joe B. Finley''' (August 6, 1924 &ndash; September 10, 2011),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Josef+Bartlett&gsln=Finley%2C+Jr.&msydy=1924&msypn__ftp=Laredo%2C+Webb%2C+Texas%2C+USA&msypn=78634&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3249%7C46%7C0%7C3106%7C78634%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=JosefBartlett Finley, Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> was a [[rancher]] and [[business]]man in [[Laredo]], [[Texas]], who in 1961 was the driving force behind the establishment of the United Independent SchoolDistrict, which services a large section of Webb County. In 1964, UISD received nationwide attention as the first school district in Texas to offer bilingual programs.<ref name=rodriguez/>

'''Josef Bartlett Finley, Jr.''', known as '''Joe B. Finley''' (August 6, 1924 &ndash; September 10, 2011),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Josef+Bartlett&gsln=Finley%2C+Jr.&msydy=1924&msypn__ftp=Laredo%2C+Webb%2C+Texas%2C+USA&msypn=78634&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3249%7C46%7C0%7C3106%7C78634%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=JosefBartlett Finley, Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> was a [[rancher]] and [[business]]man in [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]], who in 1961 was the driving force behind the establishment of the United Independent SchoolDistrict, which services a large section of Webb County. In 1964, UISD received nationwide attention as the first school district in Texas to offer bilingual programs.<ref name=rodriguez/>

== Background ==

== Background ==

== Family and death ==

== Family and death ==

  Finley was married for fifty-two years to the former Edith Mary Grinnan, who survives him. His five daughters, in addition to Alicia Richter, the widow of Edward Richter, Jr., are Ana Maria Finley, Amanda Finley Lasater and husband, Lee, Mary Joe Finley Crannyand her husband, Jim, and Amy Finley Fischer, and her husband, Jeff, the latter the parents of Finley's three grandchildren.<ref name=georgiou/> Finley died at the age of eighty-seven at a hospital in [[Corpus Christi]]. Services wereheld on September 14 at Blessed Sacrament [[Catholic Church]] in Laredo. Interment was in the Masonic section of the Laredo City Cemetery.<ref>"Joe Bartlett Finley, Jr., ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 14, 2011, p. 13A</ref>

  Finley was married for fifty-two years to the former Edith Mary Grinnan, who survives him. His five daughters, in addition to Alicia Richter, the widow of Edward Richter, Jr., are Ana Maria Finley, Amanda Finley Lasater and husband, Lee, Mary Joe Finley Crannyand her husband, Jim, and Amy Finley Fischer, and her husband, Jeff, the latter the parents of Finley's three grandchildren.<ref name=georgiou/> Finley died at the age of eighty-seven at a hospital in [[Corpus Christi]]. Services wereheld on September 14 at Blessed Sacrament [[Roman Catholic]] Church in Laredo. Interment was in the Masonic section of the Laredo City Cemetery.<ref>"Joe Bartlett Finley, Jr., ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 14, 2011, p. 13A</ref>

Finley was so highly regarded in his community that the ''Laredo Morning Times'' covered his funeral on the front page. C. J. Tillinghast, a pastor of First United Methodist Church in Cotulla, Texas,, said that Finley was "one of thosepeople who made a difference in everyone's life. He will be missed by all of us."<ref name=finley>Nick Georgiou, "Mass, funeral for UISD founder, ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 15, 2011, pp. 1, 12A</ref> Finley's daughter, Ana Marie, said that her fatherwas "the epitome of service beyond self ... His service to the Texas Association of School Boards just proved that the path to personal fulfillment isn't always necessarily paved with personal gain."<ref name=finley/>

Finley was so highly regarded in his community that the ''Laredo Morning Times'' covered his funeral on the front page. C. J. Tillinghast, a pastor of First United Methodist Church in Cotulla, Texas,, said that Finley was "one of thosepeople who made a difference in everyone's life. He will be missed by all of us."<ref name=finley>Nick Georgiou, "Mass, funeral for UISD founder, ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 15, 2011, pp. 1, 12A</ref> Finley's daughter, Ana Marie, said that her fatherwas "the epitome of service beyond self ... His service to the Texas Association of School Boards just proved that the path to personal fulfillment isn't always necessarily paved with personal gain."<ref name=finley/>