ELIZABETH ANN QUINN

BLACKWELL, QUINN

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 1/3/2003 at 20:49:43

ELIZABETH ANN QUINN

Final rites for Elizabeth Quinn, 100, were held Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m. at St. Peter Catholic Church, Clermont. Rev. Karl Klein officiated. Burial was in St. Peter Cemetery, Clermont. Schutte Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.

Elizabeth Ann Quinn, daughter of Michael and Mary (Blackwell) Quinn, was born February 23, 1881 near Clermont. She died June 10, 1981 at Palmer Memorial Hospital, West Union.

She made her home on the family farm until her brother Ed died in 1964. She moved to Clermont and lived there until October of 1980 when she became a resident of the Good Samaritan Center in West Union.

While in Clermont Elizabeth was a member of the Golden Age Club and Union Street Birthday club. She was a lifelong member of St. Peter Catholic Church and had been a member of the Rosary Society and church circles.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Will, John, Tom and Ed; four sisters: Margaret, Mary, Nellie and Kate. She is survived by three nieces and other relatives.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.