Dan Fincher Memorial Fund

Update: August 5th. 
First and foremost THANK YOU contributors for your generous donations and kind words. 

Danny’s sudden passing has left a huge void in our music community.

His wife Gayle is still struggling to forage through with out him and suffered a mild heart attack a couple weeks ago but is doing her best to follow her doctors orders and rest. 

I’m keeping her GoFundMe open to help with her and Danny’s medical costs. Please, donate if you can or share. ❤️

Here is a message from Gayle: 

Dear Friends of Danny Fincher, I wanted to thank each of you for your kindness, your compassion, for sharing your stories about Danny & your support during this incredibly difficult, confusing & heartbreaking time.
Your generosity & support have made it possible to cover Danny's final expenses & help with other unexpected expenses.  I cannot express enough, my deepest gratitude to you all for your support for Danny & our family, it means so much to me.
A special thanks to Tracy Turner-Pain for her help & guidance establishing this GoFundMe to help us financially.  It has been so overwhelming & difficult, but your kindness, words of encouragement & generosity have helped inspire me do what I need to do.

Thank you, everyone I love you all ❤️ Gayle
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Update:July 5th. It has been just a little over a week since the untimely passing of our dear friend, Dan Fincher. His passing has left our community with a huge void in our hearts. Danny’s grief stricken wife Gayle has been making the excruciatingly painful process of making burial arrangements for Dan. She is also overwhelmed with their mounting medical bills stemming from his acute illness that sent him to the hospital recently.Prior to his illness they were struggling while recovering from a fire last year in their home. In addition to that they were victims of a hit and run that resulted in serious damage to their vehicle, which was parked in front of their home.  As you can imagine, it has been a huge challenge for Gayle as she navigates these hurdles, and also trying to take care of her own health issues. Please continue to share this campaign with others and also if you can, make a donation. Every dollar helps.  Your generosity is much appreciated!

Here are some words of gratitude from Gayle: 

Dearest Family, Friends & Fans of Danny Fincher No words are adequate enough to express my deep gratitude, love & thanks to everyone who loves Danny & his music, for your kindness, your compassion, your love & your support for Danny & our family as we go thru this unexpected, incredibly painful & difficult time. Your generosity has helped to ease the unexpected, overwhelming, expenses we are facing now I am & I will always will be forever grateful to you all ❤️ I want to especially say Thank You to Tracy Turner-Pain, for organizing this GoFundMe Fundraiser for Danny ❤️————————————————-My name is Tracy Turner-Pain and I'm fundraising for Gayle Jewell, loving wife (40 years) of longtime Portland musician and saxaphonist Dan Fincher. Dan passed away (unexpectly) early Sunday morning, June 25th follwing complications from a sudden acute illness. Dan was a loving husband, father, brother and friend to MANY in the music community. His passing has left his grief stricken wife, Gayle numb and heartbroken and overwhemed with sudden fincancial hardships with mounting medical bills, funeral costs and keeping the home they shared together. They had no savings and no plan going forward for this kind of unxpected tragedy. Please consider a donation so that she can cover his funeral costs and living expsense as she navigates through her grief and hadships in the months ahead. Thank you, Tracy