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QUINBY, Margaret L. (O'Rourke) 1918-1999

QUINBY, OROURKE, TRAINER

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Date: 1/3/2011 at 14:17:29

MARGARET L. QUINBY

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CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Margaret L. Quinby, (Mrs. Kenneth) 81, of the Salsbury Baptist Home in Charles City, died Friday (Aug. 27, 1999) at the nursing home of natural causes.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Highway 18 and Clark Street. Monsignor Stanley J. Hayek, Pastor, will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery, Floyd.

Friends may call to greet the family from 9 a.m. until service time on Monday at the church. The Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Quinby, the former Margaret Lola O'Rourke, was born April 28, 1918, in rural Nora Springs, the daughter of Ben and Harriet (Trainer) O'Rourke. She was baptized at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Rockford. Margaret graduated from the former Rudd Community High School in Rudd. On May 11, 1940, in Charles City, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Clair Quinby. The couple made their home on a farm north of Floyd until moving into Charles City in the late 1970s. They often enjoyed fishing trips together. Mr. Quincy died on March 11, 1985, in Charles City.

Mrs. Quinby was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the St. Rose Circle of the church.

Those thankful for sharing Margaret's life are her many nieces and nephews, Donald Meloy of Bernard, Therese Meloy, Mary Catherine Meloy, her godchild Joe Meloy, and Dennis Meloy, all of Dubuque, LeRoy Stonecypher of Floyd, and Clair Stonecypher of Texas, Steven Shankland and Terry Quinby of Charles City, Donnie Quinby of Rockford, Jeff Quinby of Joice, Diane Ramker of Greene, and Gary Quinby of Ohio; a sister-in-law, Belma Stonecypher of Charles City; and many great-nieces and nephews.

Also surviving are her dear friends who have cared for her and Kenneth for many years, Carroll and Joyce Bishop of Osage.

In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by a sister, Gertrude Meloy.

[Globe Gazette, August 29, 1999]
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MARGARET L. QUINBY

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Margaret L. Quinby, (Mrs. Kenneth) 81, of the Salsbury Baptist Home in Charles City, and formerly of 403 Fifth Ave., Charles City, and rural route Floyd, died Friday (Aug. 27, 1999) at the nursing home of natural causes.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. today at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Highway 18 and Clark Street, Charles City. Monsignor Stanley J. Hayek, Pastor, will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery, Floyd.

Friends may call to greet the family from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. The Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Quinby, the former Margaret Lola O'Rourke, was born April 28, 1918, in rural Nora Springs, the daughter of Ben and Harriet (Trainer) O'Rourke. She was baptized at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Rockford. Margaret graduated from the former Rudd Community High School in Rudd. On May 11, 1940, in Charles City, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Clair Quinby. The couple made their home on a farm north of Floyd until moving into Charles City in the late 1970s. They often enjoyed fishing trips together. Mr. Quincy died on March 11, 1985, in Charles City.

Mrs. Quinby was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the St. Rose Circle of the church.

Those thankful for sharing Margaret's life are her many nieces and nephews, Donald Meloy and his wife, Joan, of Bernard, Therese Meloy, Mary Catherine Meloy, her godchild Joe Meloy, and Dennis Meloy, all of Dubuque, LeRoy Stonecypher of Floyd, Steve Shankland of Charles City, Donnie Quinby of Rockford, Terry Quinby of Charles City, Jeff Quinby of Joice, Clair Stonecypher of Texas, Diane Ramker of Greene, and Gary Quinby of Ohio; two sisters-in-law, Belma Stonecypher of Charles City, and Juanita Quinby of Floyd; and numerous great-nieces and nephews.

Also surviving are her special friends and neighbors who watched over Kenneth and Margaret these many years, Carroll and Joyce Bishop of Osage.

In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by a sister, Gertrude Meloy.

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, (515) 228-4211.

[Globe Gazette, August 30, 1999]


 

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