Barbara Finch

Barbara Finch
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 62nd district
In office
January 8, 2001 – January 12, 2003
Preceded byDennis Parmenter
Succeeded byFrank Chiodo
Personal details
Born
Barbara Ann Davis

(1952-11-17)November 17, 1952
New York City, New York
DiedDecember 17, 2008(2008-12-17) (aged 56)
Interstate 35, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Robert Finch
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(m. 1981)​
ChildrenThree
Parent(s)James and Ruth Davis
OccupationBusinessman

Barbara Ann Finch (November 17, 1952 – December 17, 2008) was an American politician.

Barbara Ann Davis was born in New York City to parents James and Ruth Davis on November 17, 1952.[1] She attended Nassau Community College and Creighton University.[2] Davis married Robert Finch in 1981.[1] The couple farmed and raised three children near Ames, Iowa.[2]

Barbara Finch served on a number of agricultural commissions, including the Story County Farm Bureau, Story County Cattleman's Association, and the Governor's Task Force for Sustainable Agriculture, as well as the Ballard School Board.[2] She was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2000, as a Republican, succeeding Dennis Parmenter as the legislator from District 62. Finch contested the Iowa Senate's 23rd District seat in 2002, losing the general election to Herman Quirmbach.[3][4]

After leaving the state legislature, Finch worked for Mary Greeley Medical Center.[1][2] Finch died on December 17, 2008, aged 56. She and her daughter were traveling on Interstate 35 in Freeborn County, Minnesota, near Albert Lea, when their van collided with a pickup that had slid into oncoming traffic. The Finches' vehicle then struck a semi-trailer truck. Barbara Finch was declared dead at the scene. Her daughter survived with injuries.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Barbara Ann Finch". Ames Tribune. December 18, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Representative Barbara A. Finch". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Winners of June 4 Primaries". Iowa State Daily. June 4, 2002. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "LETTER:For experience vote for Barbara Finch". Iowa State Daily. November 4, 2002. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "I-35 crash victim was former Iowa legislator". Star Tribune. December 18, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  6. ^ Engstrom, Tim (December 19, 2008). "Woman in I-35 crash was former Iowa legislator". Albert Lea Tribune. Retrieved February 17, 2022.