Funeral service for Ben Findsen, 85, will be Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ben Findsen and Bro. Wayne Penn officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Hartselle City Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 15, 2015 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mr. Findsen died on Saturday, December 12, 2015. He was born September 7, 1930, in Michigan to Milo Findsen and Edrie Shippey Findsen. He was employed by U.S.B.I. at Redstone Arsenal prior to his retirement. He worked on the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs. He and his wife worked for 7 years as house parents at the Alabama Baptist Children’s Home in Troy Alabama. They helped plant Southern Baptist Church’s in California, New York State and Pennsylvania. He loved music and singing in the Church choir and was a member of First Baptist Church of Decatur, AL. The hobbies he loved were hunting and fishing. He passed away, at the home of his daughter Faith, so peacefully and went to be with the Lord, while surrounded by family that he loved and that loved him.
He was preceded in death by his wife: Louise Findsen and his parents.
Survivors include:
One Son:
Benjamin G. Findsen (Doris), Florida
Two Daughters:
Lorrie Ann Moore (Sean), Birmingham, AL and
Faith Colleen Clardy (Mike), Hartselle, AL
One Brother:
Robert Findsen (Ariona), Scottsdale, AZ
One Sister:
Sherry Kaiser Orihel, Michigan
16 Grandchildren
5 Great Grandchildren
Pallbearers will be Jeremy Clardy, Wade Edwards, Aaron Cossey, Hubert Young, Jason Odom, and Dustin Odom.
