Charlene Yvonne Fink

Charlene Yvonne Fink, 84 of Hoyt, Kansas passed away November 15, 2014 at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born January 12, 1930 in LaCrosse, Kansas to Charles and Hannah Auston, the first of four children.

Charlene graduated from high school in Alexander, Kansas and attended Fort Hays State College and the University of Kansas, graduating from Fort Hays in 1952. She began her teaching career in Kansas City, Kansas and later taught at Randolph Elementary School in Topeka for over 30 years.

Charlene married Richard Dilsaver in 1949. Later she married Vern Fink and they were married 31 years.

Charlene loved spending time with family, playing piano, singing, cooking, watching nature, writing poetry and traveling.

Charlene is survived by her daughter, Debra Parkhurst of Chicago; sons, Wayne Fink of Mobile, Alabama and Warren Fink of Hoyt, Kansas; step-sons, Ed Fink of Whiting, Kansas and Ken Fink of Topeka, Kansas. She was blessed with nine grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband, Vern, and son, Lee Dilsaver.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday, November 26 at 10 a.m. at Dove Cremation & Funeral Service, 4020 SW 6th Ave. in Topeka. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Operation Wildlife, 23375 Guthrie Rd., Linwood, KS 66052.

Private family interment will take place at a later date.