He served on various committees and boards in the West Bend and Taunton, MA areas.
For a number of years after retirement, he continued teaching at MPTC and offering cost control consulting services to a number of Wisconsin manufacturers. He also was involved with the startup and management of West Bend Glass & China which was located in downtown West Bend. Richard worked at the West Bend Company, Copper Craft Guild in Massachusetts, Dart Industries Consumer Products, and Doerr Electric in the areas of accounting, new products, and general management. He met Lois Manson on a blind date in Madison and they were married in 1956. He attended school at Holy Angels, West Bend High, UW Madison, and returned to school at age 50 for an MS from Cardinal Stritch. He was born in West Bend to the late Leonard and Virginia (nee Gonring) Finch on October 12, 1934. Finch, 87, died on Saturday, March 26, 2022.
