John B Wells interview of four members of the Finicum family, May 1, 2016
In Memory of LaVoy Finicum, January 27, 1961 - January 26, 2017.
Jeanette Finicum joined John B Wells along with three of her and LaVoy's children, Thara Tenney, Brittney Beck, and Tell Finicum on May the 1st, 2016 to talk about the life of LaVoy and his heinous death nine years ago at the hands of the FBI and Oregon State Police.
I feel inclined to include this in the following, by an unknown author, in a recent repost from one of LaVoy's other daughters here as well. “Daddy, what if you are WRONG about God and Jesus and the Church? What if it’s all for nothing?” Sunday church meetings, Monday family home evenings, Thursday night activities, Saturday temple sessions, every day scriptures, visiting the lonely, feeding the hungry, and blessing the sick. Well… If I am wrong, I wasted my life engaged in a joy that can only be found in service. If I am wrong, I needlessly kept the commandments that blessed me with health, safety and happiness. If I am wrong, I blindly followed an imaginary Savior, that made me more kind and more forgiving. If I am wrong, I have felt a “fake” comfort when loved ones passed away, provided by a “false” hope of eternity with them again. In other words… Even if I am wrong… My ‘error’ made me a better man. A better husband and father. A better brother and friend. I have lived a life of fulfillment. I have learned to respect and serve others. To be kind and generous. To donate if I have extra. To ask for help, when I don’t have enough. In short…. If I am right, my Eternity is beautiful. If I am wrong, my Life is beautiful.