John ‘Jack’ Fink, ‘icon of the Catholic press’ and The Criterion, dies at 92

 INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) — John F. "Jack" Fink, editor emeritus of The Criterion, newspaper of the Indianapolis Archdiocese, died July 17 in Indianapolis. He was 92. A funeral Mass was celebrated July 29 at St. Luke the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis. Fink will be interred in a crypt in the mausoleum at Our Lady of Peace Cemetery in Indianapolis with his first wife, Marie. "Jack was an icon in the Catholic press who served the local, national and international church faithfully for decades. Even after he 'retired' from The Criterion in 1996, his byline remained a staple in our archdiocesan newspaper. … We are grateful to Jack for his witness, writing and tireless service that benefited so many of our readers," noted Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, the newspaper's publisher. Criterion editor Mike Krokos noted Fink's service to the Catholic press started in high school and continued after college for more than 70 years. In 2014, through the archdiocesan Catholic Community Foundation, he created the John F. Fink-Criterion Endowment Fund to benefit the continuing education of The Criterion staff. Fink is predeceased by his first wife, Marie, who died in 2010, and his brother James Fink and his parents. He is survived by his second wife, Connie Winchester, whom he married in 2012; seven children, 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters and two brothers; and numerous nieces and nephews.