Gwendolyn Louise Fincher passed away Thursday May 08 2008 in Abilene Texas. Graveside services will be held Saturday May 10 at 11 a.m. in the Oddfellows Cemetery East North 10th and Cottonwood in Abilene with Wes Horn minister Orient Street Church of Christ in Stamford officiating. Visitation will be Friday May 9 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at North's Funeral Home 242 Orange Street. Gwen was born July 24 1932 in Abilene. She was the fourth daughter of F. E. and Leo Brewer. After her mother died when she was three she was raised in Paint Rock by her dad's sister and her husband Alene and Wade Crunk. She graduated from Paint Rock High School in 1949 and attended Angelo State University. She married Joe Souder on Feb. 1 1953 in Abilene TX. In 1984 she married Bob Fincher in Abilene. She is preceded in death by her parents her husbands and a daughter Pamela Kay who was born Dec. 9 and died on Dec. 10 1957. Gwen is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Susan and Kenny Cockerell of Haskell Texas. Two grandsons; Guy DeMeritt of Austin and Chase Cockerell of Stephenville. Two great-grandchildren Beau DeMeritt of Lewisville and Darian DeMeritt of Fort Worth. Four sisters; Bette June Pittcock and Yvonne Fraser of Abilene Frances Barton of El Paso and Norma Murphy of California; one brother Bill Brewer of Abilene; and numerous nieces nephews and friends. Gwen retired from the business office of Abilene Radiology Associates in 1991. She was an excellent seamstress wonderful cook loved to knit and was an avid reader. Gwen was an active member of the American Business Women Association (ABWA) and Beta Sigma Phi. She was named ABWA Woman of the Year by the Butterfield Trail Chapter in 1993 and by the Ora Negra Chapter in 2007. Memorials may be made to Hendrick Hospice Care P.O. Box 1922 Abilene TX 79604 or the ABWA Scholarship Fund or Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship Fund 1909 Delwood Drive Abilene TX 79603.