Obit: Mr. Larry Finlan

Mr. Larry Finlan, a native of Ireland, but for the past forty years a resident of Harper’s Ferry and at one time an employee in the United States Armory, died in that place last Friday, aged 77 years. The deceased, about fifteen years ago, conceived the novel idea of making his tombstone, and procured a piece of slate 3×5 feet, cut the apex in the form of a cross, chiseled his name, place of birth, and thinking he would die between the years of 1888 and 1890, cut the first three figures on the face of the stone, but not dying at that time, he cancelled the last figure, and substituted 9, and sent the stone to his lot in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Finlan was buried last Friday, his tombstone being erected after the filling of his grave. The deceased was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Mary O’Connell, until recently a resident of this place.