Stella M. Koszela Finney, age 90, beloved wife of the late Russell S. Finney, died on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Covenant Place, Sumter, South Carolina.

Born in McKeesport, PA., she was a daughter of the late Kazimierz Josef and Josephine Mary Skibiski Koszela.
Stella served during World War II as a Navy WAVE.

She was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church and the Shepherds Center.

Surviving are one sister, Louise Moreno and her husband, William, of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.; three sisters-in-law, Pat Finney of Cottonwood, Ariz., Dorothy Oliver and her husband, Glen, of Boulder, Colorado and Monica Koszela of Thousand Oaks, California; one brother-in-law, George Hackett of Sumter; numerous nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Russell Hurst.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond Koszela; and a sister, Genevieve “Jean” Hackett.

A mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude Catholic Church.

Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.


The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Covenant Place “Hourly Employees Fund,” 2825 Carter Road, Sumter, SC 29150;.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements

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