The funeral service for Eva Finck, age 84 of Elgin, will be held at 10:30 MT, Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Hope Congregational Church in Elgin. Pastor Bill Bradley will officiate with burial in Hope Congregational Cemetery.

A family service was held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.

Special music will be provided by Viola Sprenger, Donna Wiens, Al Wiens, Harvey Sprenger, and Ron Weikum.

Serving as Honorary Casketbearers are Cody, Dylan, and Wyatt Crawford, Cale, Seth, and Alec Newby, and all of Eva's nieces and nephews. Serving as active casketbearers are Robby Heupel, Troy and Linda Newby, Karen Crawford, Brody and Christy Finck.

EVA EMINETH was born on December 14, 1928 at Brisbane, ND to Sebastian and Rose (Kuntz) Emineth. She grew up in the Brisbane area where she attended country school. In 1942, the Emineth family moved to Leith where she worked on the farm and then began working in Carson at a café where she met Edgar Finck. They were united in marriage on April 5, 1948 at New Leipzig, ND. They lived and farmed with their parents, the Finck's and Emineth's, before purchasing their own farm in 1955. To this union four children were born, Carol, Peggy, Dallas, and Perry. In 1987, she and Edgar moved into Elgin. In addition to helping Edgar on the family farm and milking cows, she raised a large garden and did a lot of canning. She worked home health care in the Elgin area and at Dakota Hills.

She loved playing cards, sewing, dancing, and visiting with friends. Eva always enjoyed going to the farm to ride along with Perry to check the cattle and the crops. She loved to help Perry and Brody with the cattle and moving machinery or wherever she could be of help. She enjoyed her special times with Christy and helped her with her homework and playing games. She really enjoyed it when her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren came home to visit, that was her pride and joy.

Eva passed away on Wednesday morning, April 10, 2013 at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin.

Grateful for having shared her life are her two daughters, Carol (Douglas) Kranich, Bemidji, MN; Peggy (Willard) Heupel, Bismarck, ND; two sons, Dallas (Christine) Finck, Wadena, MN; Perry (Velvet) Finck, Elgin, ND; five grandchildren, Robby Heupel, Karen (John) Crawford, Linda (Troy) Newby, Brody Finck, (special friend, Becky Edinger), and Christy Finck; six great-grandchildren, Cody, Dylan, Wyatt, Cale, Seth, and Alec; three brothers, Christ (Audrey) Emineth, Bemidji, MN; Vincent Emineth, Casselton, MN; Edwin (Arline) Emineth, Bismarck, ND; sisters-in-law, Violet Emineth, Bismarck, ND; and Lucille Emineth, Mandan, ND; five sisters, Katie Bertelsen, Williston, ND, Maggie Moser, Grand Forks, ND, Pauline Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, Florence Verworn, Moorhead, MN and Barbara Braun, Bismarck, ND; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edgar; one daughter-in-law, Laurie Finck; five brothers, George, Joe, Leonard, Leo, and Matthew Emineth; and two step brothers, Fred and Ralph Emineth; and one step sister, Albertina Bonogofsky.

Visitation will be held on Friday from 1:00-7:00 p.m. at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin and on Saturday one hour prior to services at Hope Congregational Church in Elgin.