WILLIAM QUIRK SR.
William M. Quirk Sr., 74, of 1411 N. Fourth St., Manitowoc, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Claude LeClair will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Quirk was born May 5, 1898, at Boston, Mass., son of the late William M, and Louisa Quirk. He married Katherine McGaughey April 21, 1915, at Logansport, Ind., and after marriage the couple moved to Kokomo, Ind.
He began his newspaper career in the mechanical department of the Logansport paper in 1903 and when he retired as pressroom and stereotype department foreman of The Herald-Times, Manitowoc, in June of 1956 he had completed a 53 year span of activity in the production phase of publishing newspapers.
When the Quirks moved to Kokomo Mr. Quirk became foreman of the pressroom at the Kokomo Tribune and remained in that capacity until coming to Manitowoc in 1920. He was a member of Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church.
Surviving him are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. N.A. Eidsmoe, of Rice Lake, Wis., a son, William M. Quirk Jr., of Manitowoc, a brother, Lawrence Quirk of Logansport, three sisters, Miss Mayme Quirk, of Lincoln, Nebr., Mrs. S.C. Coghill, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. A.J. Ginnini, of Chicago and eight grandchildren. A daughter, Mary Katherine, died Dec. 23, 1950.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. by Holy Name Society members of Sacred Heart Church.
Two Rivers Reporter, March 2, 1963 P. M-9
William M. Quirk Sr., 74, of 1411 N. Fourth St., Manitowoc, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Claude LeClair will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Quirk was born May 5, 1898, at Boston, Mass., son of the late William M, and Louisa Quirk. He married Katherine McGaughey April 21, 1915, at Logansport, Ind., and after marriage the couple moved to Kokomo, Ind.
He began his newspaper career in the mechanical department of the Logansport paper in 1903 and when he retired as pressroom and stereotype department foreman of The Herald-Times, Manitowoc, in June of 1956 he had completed a 53 year span of activity in the production phase of publishing newspapers.
When the Quirks moved to Kokomo Mr. Quirk became foreman of the pressroom at the Kokomo Tribune and remained in that capacity until coming to Manitowoc in 1920. He was a member of Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church.
Surviving him are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. N.A. Eidsmoe, of Rice Lake, Wis., a son, William M. Quirk Jr., of Manitowoc, a brother, Lawrence Quirk of Logansport, three sisters, Miss Mayme Quirk, of Lincoln, Nebr., Mrs. S.C. Coghill, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. A.J. Ginnini, of Chicago and eight grandchildren. A daughter, Mary Katherine, died Dec. 23, 1950.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. by Holy Name Society members of Sacred Heart Church.
Two Rivers Reporter, March 2, 1963 P. M-9
WILLIAM QUIRK SR.
William M. Quirk Sr., 74, of 1411 N. Fourth St., Manitowoc, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Claude LeClair will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Quirk was born May 5, 1898, at Boston, Mass., son of the late William M, and Louisa Quirk. He married Katherine McGaughey April 21, 1915, at Logansport, Ind., and after marriage the couple moved to Kokomo, Ind.
He began his newspaper career in the mechanical department of the Logansport paper in 1903 and when he retired as pressroom and stereotype department foreman of The Herald-Times, Manitowoc, in June of 1956 he had completed a 53 year span of activity in the production phase of publishing newspapers.
When the Quirks moved to Kokomo Mr. Quirk became foreman of the pressroom at the Kokomo Tribune and remained in that capacity until coming to Manitowoc in 1920. He was a member of Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church.
Surviving him are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. N.A. Eidsmoe, of Rice Lake, Wis., a son, William M. Quirk Jr., of Manitowoc, a brother, Lawrence Quirk of Logansport, three sisters, Miss Mayme Quirk, of Lincoln, Nebr., Mrs. S.C. Coghill, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. A.J. Ginnini, of Chicago and eight grandchildren. A daughter, Mary Katherine, died Dec. 23, 1950.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. by Holy Name Society members of Sacred Heart Church.
Two Rivers Reporter, March 2, 1963 P. M-9
William M. Quirk Sr., 74, of 1411 N. Fourth St., Manitowoc, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Claude LeClair will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Quirk was born May 5, 1898, at Boston, Mass., son of the late William M, and Louisa Quirk. He married Katherine McGaughey April 21, 1915, at Logansport, Ind., and after marriage the couple moved to Kokomo, Ind.
He began his newspaper career in the mechanical department of the Logansport paper in 1903 and when he retired as pressroom and stereotype department foreman of The Herald-Times, Manitowoc, in June of 1956 he had completed a 53 year span of activity in the production phase of publishing newspapers.
When the Quirks moved to Kokomo Mr. Quirk became foreman of the pressroom at the Kokomo Tribune and remained in that capacity until coming to Manitowoc in 1920. He was a member of Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church.
Surviving him are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. N.A. Eidsmoe, of Rice Lake, Wis., a son, William M. Quirk Jr., of Manitowoc, a brother, Lawrence Quirk of Logansport, three sisters, Miss Mayme Quirk, of Lincoln, Nebr., Mrs. S.C. Coghill, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. A.J. Ginnini, of Chicago and eight grandchildren. A daughter, Mary Katherine, died Dec. 23, 1950.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. by Holy Name Society members of Sacred Heart Church.
Two Rivers Reporter, March 2, 1963 P. M-9
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