Richard Ray Finlayson, born December 20, 1927, passed peacefully on November 2, 2018 at the Terraces Health Center in Phoenix, AZ. A devoted husband and father, he is survived by his wife, Betty Lorraine; daughter LaVonne (Jerry) Marrell; sons Lynn Simonson and Rick Finlayson; grandchildren Nicole Parent, Levi Gil, and Nathan Simonson; great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Wiley Simonson, Selena Parent; four siblings, Bertha (Ed) Ferguson of Great Falls, Ellarene Finlayson, Lawrence (Mary) Finlayson, and Russell Finlayson all of Sand Coulee. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Cindy; grandson Jonathan Duzik; siblings Betty Mee, Roy, and Marshall “Rocky;” and his parents, Josephine and Marshall.