Timothy Finney

1942 - 2023

Timothy Green Finney, 81, a resident of Bennett Hill Road, passed away November 22, 2023 at Albany Medical Center. Timothy was born in Somerville, NJ on April 26, 1942 the son of the late Walter N. and Elizabeth Green Finney. He graduated from Arlington High School in 1961. He graduated from Putnam School of Nursing (LPN) and Southern Vermont College earning an Associate Degree (RN). Timothy worked at Sprague Electric and Globe Union. As a nurse, he worked in the ICU at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and Bennington Health and Rehabilitation. Timothy was very active in the Free & Accepted Masons. He was Past Master of the Red Mountain Lodge in Arlington and Mt. Anthony Lodge in Bennington where he was a member for 36 years. He was also a member of the Order of The Eastern Star and Shriner's (Scottish Rite) Knight Templar. He was a member of the National Ski Patrol for 50 years working at Bromley and Haystack Mountain and was an Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor where he held Senior Rating. Timothy was a member of the Bennington Rescue Squad for 45 years. He was Past President and will be remembered mostly as an EMT Instructor for the Bennington Rescue Squad and surrounding ambulance services for many years. He was also a member of the Bennington Choral Society and was a member of Shaftsbury First Response and the Shaftsbury Volunteer Fire Department. In his earlier years, he enjoyed hunting and photography. He was voted Shaftsbury Ordinary Hero in 2017. Timothy is survived by his wife Geraldine Lamb Finney of Shaftsbury whom he married in Bennington on March 22, 1986, sons Jonathan David Finney (Dana) of Greenwich, NY and Robert Andrew Millington (Luisa) of Shaftsbury, his daughter Audra Noel Zarin (Daniel) of Portland, Maine, grandchildren Naomi Zarin and Franco A. Millington and nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his brother William F. Finney. A celebration of life for Timothy will be held Saturday December 2, 2023 from 11-1pm at Hanson-Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home 213 West Main Street Bennington, VT. Interment will be private. If friends desire, memorial gifts in Timothy's memory may be made to the Bennington Rescue Squad, c/o Hanson-Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home P.O. Box 957 Bennington, VT 05201. To send the family personal condolences please visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted arrangements to the care of Hanson-Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home 213 West Main Street Bennington, VT.