In Memoriam

Betsy Ann Finley Altman

October 16, 1946- October 2, 2006

 

OBITUARY: The Rock Hill Herald

Ms. Betsy Ann Finley Altman, 59, of 274 W. Shiloh Unity Road died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, at home.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Russ Wimmer officiating. Entombment will be at Lancaster Memorial Park Mausoleum.

A native of Spartanburg County, Ms. Altman was a daughter of William Edward Finley Sr. and Pearl McCall Finley of Lancaster. She was an employee of the Lancaster County Planning Department and was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are her parents, William E. Finley Sr. and Pearl McCall Finley of Lancaster; her son, Bryan Nickolas Altman of Bluffton; her daughter, Amy Altman Kirby of Lexington; her brother, William Edward "Bill" Finley Jr. of Lancaster; and her grandson.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Attn: Lancaster County Unit, 6000 Fairview Road, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28210, or Grace Presbyterian Church, 1026 Grace Ave., Lancaster, SC 29720.

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"Betsy is greatly missed by her many friends and co-workers in Lancaster County.

Her grandson, Chase Kirby, was the light of her life.How happy she would be to know that, as we found out at Christmas, her daughter is going to have another baby."

Submitted by Nancy Evatt

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"Betsy Finley and I lived about 10 or 11 houses from each other on Grace Avenue near the
Bleachery.  Betsy was talented and very smart.  She was crazy about Nicky Altman in
school and later married him.  They had 2 children. They divorced after 20 or 30 years of marriage.
Betsy moved back to Lancaster.  Floyd and I bought a house and after we moved in, we found
Betsy was our next door neighbor. We got to be good friends. She got to see her grandson, Chase
before she died. She loved her family and friends so much. Betsy said exactly what she thought.
I really liked that.  She died in her sleep.  She had put up a real fight against her cancer."

Submitted by Sherry Brooks Williams

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Betsy and her brother Bill, 1968