OBIT: Joseph J. QUINN, 1944, native of Somerset County, PA

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JOSEPH J. QUINN

  Joseph J. Quinn, 37, of Washington, D.C., died Thursday, Nov. 2, in the George 
Washington Hospital.  A native of Meyersdale, he had resided in Washington for 
the past 15 years.  He was with the Water and Power Resources Board of 
Pennsylvania as a Washington representative in flood-control projects for 
several years before he joined the War Department in 1939.  At the time of his 
death he was a planning specialist in real estate in the office of the chief of 
engineers, War Department.
  Mr. Quinn was a member of the Knights of Columbus and at one time was active 
in the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee. 
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Camille Soldana Quinn, a son, Thomas J., a 
daughter, Mary Theresa, and his mother, Mrs. Grace L. Quinn, Washington; one 
sister, Mrs. Rita Weimer, Meyersdale; and three brothers, Richard P. Quinn, 
Washington, James T. Quinn with the Army in England, and John F. Quinn, Detroit.
  Funeral services were held at his home at 8:30 a.m. Monday, followed by 
Requiem mass at 9 a.m. in the Sacred Heart Church.  Burial was made in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery, Washington.
  His sister, Mrs. Rita Weimer, and aunt, Mrs. Edward Foley, of Meyersdale, went 
to Washington to attend the funeral services.

Meyersdale Republican, November 9, 1944