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Longtime Cayuga County Assemblyman Dies

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Former Assemblyman Gary D. Finch who represented parts of Cayuga County and Central New York has died.

Finch, 79, died Friday, according to Sammuel Darling, director of Brew Funeral Home, a business Finch once owned.

Finch, who was born in Auburn, was first elected to public office as a village of Aurora trustee in 1979. He retired in 2020 from the N.Y.S. Assembly after 10 terms in office.

A funeral will be held Friday at Saint Mary’s Church in Auburn at 11:00a followed by a burial at Saint Joseph’s Cemetery. There will be no visitation hours. Brew Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

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