From the Faribault Daily News:
Residents of Faribault and the surrounding communities were stunned beyond comprehension on Thursday evening, January 24, when word was received here of the sudden death of Thomas H. Quinn, 47, prominent Faribault attorney, which occurred at the Owatonna City Hospital at 11:05 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered while attending the Golden Glove Tournament in the Owatonna Armory, in which several of the Bethlehem Academy students were entered. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn had gone to the tournament with a group of friends. During intermission, he complained of a headache. The first indication Mrs. Quinn had that something serious was wrong was when he dropped his program and couldn't pick it up. She immediately summoned aid and he was taken to the Owatonna Hotel where a doctor was called. The doctor ordered him taken to the hospital immediately where his death occurred a short time later. Funeral services were held at the Immaculate Conception Church on Monday morning, January 28, at 10:30 o'clock with the Rev. John P. Foley, pastor of the church officiating at the solemn requiem high mass. Assisting as deacon was Rev. Henry LeMay and as sub-deacon, Rev. Robert Dillon. Interment was made in Calvary Cemetery. Present in the Sanctuary were Rev. J. J. Molloy, Shieldsville; Rev. Patrick Ryan, Hastings; Rev. Robert Russell, Hazelwood; Rev. James Ward, St. Paul; Rev. Francis Wilkins, Mound; Rev. J. C. O'Hara, Northfield; and Rev. David B. Schuck, Minneapolis. The General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, of which he was an active member, formed a guard of honor at the home and church. Honorary pallbearers were all past commanders of the American Legion Post 43, of which he was the commander at the time of his death. Members of the post also attended the services in a body. Active pallbearers were Harvey R. Kelly, Mayor Hilary Walsh, Ruge Fleckenstein, Merrill Siemers, James Murphy, John R. Glassco, Charles MacKenzie, Jr., and Marven Shaughnessy. In attendance were all students at Bethlehem Academy and the Immaculate Conception School; also a group of members of the Fifth Judicial Bar Association of which Mr. Quinn was a past president, many attorneys from the surrounding towns and communities and city and county officials. American Legion Post 43 was in charge of military services at the grave. Col. William P. Townsend was the commander; the firing squad was composed of Joseph Smisek, James Roach, Paul Glynn, Thomas and Richard Ostrom, Edward Ulvenes, Jack Kenney and Harwood Rinsem, all United States Army veterans of World War II; the color guards were Charles Carver and George Dienst, U. S. Marine Corps veterans; color bearers were Patrick Donahue and Donald Mentz, U. S. Navy veterans. Taps were sounded by John R. Glassco and Irwin Ostrom. George A. Kaisersatt, Farmington, represented the Department of Minnesota of the American Legion and presented Mrs. Quinn with the American Flag which had draped the casket. Thomas H. Quinn, II, son of the late Attorney Thomas H. Quinn and Elizabeth Nolen Quinn, was born in Faribault on November 16, 1898. He attended the Immaculate Conception school and later was graduated from the Faribault high school in the class of 1916. While in high school, he starred on both the basketball and football teams. He attended the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul where he played on the college football and basketball teams, winning recognition as an All-State center. He was graduated from there in 1918, following which he attended the St. Paul College of Law. His studies there were interrupted by World War I. Following his return to school after he was mustered out of service in December 1918 at Camp Pike, Ark., he was graduated from the St. Paul College of Law, L. L. B., in 1919. As he was still under 21 years of age, he was not admitted to the Bar until after his 21st birthday in November. He was admitted to U. S. District Court practice on June 19, 1920, and he served as the field Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue from 1919 to 1920. In 1920, Mr. Quinn and Ray Moonan of Waseca opened the Quinn-Moonan law office over what is now the Jim and Joe Clothing Store. Later, following the death of his father, a prominent Waseca attorney, Mr. Moonan returned to Waseca and entered his late father's law firm with his brothers. Mr. Quinn then re-established the name of Thomas H. Quinn, Attorney which had been a familiar one here during 1880-1915, when his father had been a successful attorney, with offices over what is now the F. W. Woolworth store. Mr. Quinn was elected Mayor of the City of Faribault on April 5, 1921. His election drew statewide attention as he was the youngest mayor ever to be elected, he was only 22 years of age at the time. He was re-elected to this office on April 3, 1923, serving a total of four years. He was elected County Attorney on November 2, 1926 and served in that capacity for 12 years. Thomas Quinn and Miss Elinor Foley of Aitkin, Minnesota were united in marriage at Aitkin on August 17, 1926. To this union four children were born, Diane Marie, 17; Thomas H. III, 15; Sally Joan, 12; and Richard Foley Quinn, 10. Diane and Thomas are students at Bethlehem Academy and Sally and Richard attend the Immaculate Conception School. Besides holding the position of Commander of Post 43, American Legion, Mr. Quinn was a past exalted ruler of the Faribault Lodge 1166, B. P. O. E.; a member of the General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus; a past president of the Fifth Judicial District Bar Association and the Faribault Bar Association. He was a past president of the Southern Minnesota Baseball League and a director of the Faribault baseball team at the time of his death; he was the State chairman of the American Liberty League in 1936; was instrumental in the forming of the Faribault Junior Chamber of Commerce and was a member of many important committees of the Minnesota Bar Association. He had been recently named state vice chairman of the Al Smith Memorial Hospital drive. He was a devout member of the Immaculate Conception church and had served as a trustee of the church for many years. "Tom" as he was familiarly called by all who knew him, both young and old, was never too busy to stop to listen to the problems of others and offer a word of counsel or a bit of comfort to a troubled heart. When Tom was 10 years old, his mother died, leaving a family of five children. His father kept the little family together until his death in 1915. Although Tom was only 16 at the time, he immediately assumed the responsibility of both mother and father to his younger brother, Frank and his three sisters, Beatrice, Marion and Genevieve. He was ambitious for their welfare and carefully guided them in their choice of their life work in which they each in turn have become successful, Frank as an attorney, Beatrice, former welfare secretary and now a graduate student at the University of Minnesota and Lt. Genevieve Quinn, a nurse in the U. S. Army Air Corps, now on terminal leave after extensive service in the Far East, Marion Quinn, passed away in 1922, while a student at Bethlehem Academy. The responsibilities he assumed at an early age, fitted Tom for the various important offices to which he was destined to be elected while still a young man. The personal interest he took in everyone's welfare was one of his greatest characteristics. He was intensely interested in the problems of delinquency and it was his greatest desire to find ways and means to curb and eventually solve this problem. He never lost his interest in athletics and during the past two years gave freely of his time to help coach the Bethlehem Academy football team. Every afternoon in the fall, he would close his office at 4 o'clock and go up to the football field to help Vicnent Schell, coach the boys. His efforts were not without results as the boys became proficient at the game and captured the DeSmet championship during the past season. He gave generously and freely of his tremendous energy and during his tenure of office the membership of the American Legion had increased enormously. Under his direction, the long-planned expansive building program was soon to become a reality. Tom could have gone far in the political world, had he so chosen, but his interest was centered primarily in his "old home town." Every project for the betterment of the city had his wholehearted approval and he gave unreservedly of his time to further the projects. He was a devoted husband and father, his home was his castle, his family his pride and joy. The welcome mat was always out at the Quinn home and during the summer the "Cottage" at French Lake Park became a veritable "open house" for all the friends of his children. Although death called him at the early age of 47, Tom had enjoyed life to its fullest and commanded the respect and admiration of his fellowmen. His sterling qualities, immeasureable charity and honest, upright principles will forever stamp him, in the minds of his many friends here, as the type of man the "Home Town" could well be proud to have called its own. Among those from out of town who attended the services were John Madigan, representing the College of St. Thomas, Arthur Reynolds, Carl L. Weicht, Miss Blanche Kinsella, Mrs. Art Swanson, Mrs. Walter Carroll, Mrs. William Fallon, Miss Helen Carroll, Mrs. Jack Lynch, John Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Connolly, all of St. Paul; Misses Agnes, Eileen and Anna Ward, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Foley, Mrs. Sam Quincy, Mrs. Ellis Clendenning, Hugh Littel, Miss Helen Hurley and Miss Doris Hayes, all of Minneapolis. Judge Axel Anderson, Harold Nelson, Otto Nelson, Fred Alexander, John Walbran, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carroll of Owatonna; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dandelet, William Carrol and son George of Blooming Prairie; James Dandelet and James, Jr., of Austin; Mrs. M. W. Welshons, of Stillwater; Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hassman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ryan and B. R. Hassman of Aitkin. Joseph Loomis, Albert Lea; John Leadon, Detroit, Mich; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shortall, Kilkenny; James Caulfield, Charles R. Pye, Carl Heibel, F. E. Jenkins, W. F. Schilling, Mrs. Vincent Hunt, Northfield; Joseph Moonan, Frank Gallagher, Peter Madden, Ray Moonan and Frank Papke, Waseca; Frank Weir, Rochester; Mrs. J. P. Coughlin, Waseca, and Kopple Hallock, Hibbing, as well as hosts of friends and colleagues from the surrounding communities.
Residents of Faribault and the surrounding communities were stunned beyond comprehension on Thursday evening, January 24, when word was received here of the sudden death of Thomas H. Quinn, 47, prominent Faribault attorney, which occurred at the Owatonna City Hospital at 11:05 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered while attending the Golden Glove Tournament in the Owatonna Armory, in which several of the Bethlehem Academy students were entered. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn had gone to the tournament with a group of friends. During intermission, he complained of a headache. The first indication Mrs. Quinn had that something serious was wrong was when he dropped his program and couldn't pick it up. She immediately summoned aid and he was taken to the Owatonna Hotel where a doctor was called. The doctor ordered him taken to the hospital immediately where his death occurred a short time later. Funeral services were held at the Immaculate Conception Church on Monday morning, January 28, at 10:30 o'clock with the Rev. John P. Foley, pastor of the church officiating at the solemn requiem high mass. Assisting as deacon was Rev. Henry LeMay and as sub-deacon, Rev. Robert Dillon. Interment was made in Calvary Cemetery. Present in the Sanctuary were Rev. J. J. Molloy, Shieldsville; Rev. Patrick Ryan, Hastings; Rev. Robert Russell, Hazelwood; Rev. James Ward, St. Paul; Rev. Francis Wilkins, Mound; Rev. J. C. O'Hara, Northfield; and Rev. David B. Schuck, Minneapolis. The General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, of which he was an active member, formed a guard of honor at the home and church. Honorary pallbearers were all past commanders of the American Legion Post 43, of which he was the commander at the time of his death. Members of the post also attended the services in a body. Active pallbearers were Harvey R. Kelly, Mayor Hilary Walsh, Ruge Fleckenstein, Merrill Siemers, James Murphy, John R. Glassco, Charles MacKenzie, Jr., and Marven Shaughnessy. In attendance were all students at Bethlehem Academy and the Immaculate Conception School; also a group of members of the Fifth Judicial Bar Association of which Mr. Quinn was a past president, many attorneys from the surrounding towns and communities and city and county officials. American Legion Post 43 was in charge of military services at the grave. Col. William P. Townsend was the commander; the firing squad was composed of Joseph Smisek, James Roach, Paul Glynn, Thomas and Richard Ostrom, Edward Ulvenes, Jack Kenney and Harwood Rinsem, all United States Army veterans of World War II; the color guards were Charles Carver and George Dienst, U. S. Marine Corps veterans; color bearers were Patrick Donahue and Donald Mentz, U. S. Navy veterans. Taps were sounded by John R. Glassco and Irwin Ostrom. George A. Kaisersatt, Farmington, represented the Department of Minnesota of the American Legion and presented Mrs. Quinn with the American Flag which had draped the casket. Thomas H. Quinn, II, son of the late Attorney Thomas H. Quinn and Elizabeth Nolen Quinn, was born in Faribault on November 16, 1898. He attended the Immaculate Conception school and later was graduated from the Faribault high school in the class of 1916. While in high school, he starred on both the basketball and football teams. He attended the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul where he played on the college football and basketball teams, winning recognition as an All-State center. He was graduated from there in 1918, following which he attended the St. Paul College of Law. His studies there were interrupted by World War I. Following his return to school after he was mustered out of service in December 1918 at Camp Pike, Ark., he was graduated from the St. Paul College of Law, L. L. B., in 1919. As he was still under 21 years of age, he was not admitted to the Bar until after his 21st birthday in November. He was admitted to U. S. District Court practice on June 19, 1920, and he served as the field Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue from 1919 to 1920. In 1920, Mr. Quinn and Ray Moonan of Waseca opened the Quinn-Moonan law office over what is now the Jim and Joe Clothing Store. Later, following the death of his father, a prominent Waseca attorney, Mr. Moonan returned to Waseca and entered his late father's law firm with his brothers. Mr. Quinn then re-established the name of Thomas H. Quinn, Attorney which had been a familiar one here during 1880-1915, when his father had been a successful attorney, with offices over what is now the F. W. Woolworth store. Mr. Quinn was elected Mayor of the City of Faribault on April 5, 1921. His election drew statewide attention as he was the youngest mayor ever to be elected, he was only 22 years of age at the time. He was re-elected to this office on April 3, 1923, serving a total of four years. He was elected County Attorney on November 2, 1926 and served in that capacity for 12 years. Thomas Quinn and Miss Elinor Foley of Aitkin, Minnesota were united in marriage at Aitkin on August 17, 1926. To this union four children were born, Diane Marie, 17; Thomas H. III, 15; Sally Joan, 12; and Richard Foley Quinn, 10. Diane and Thomas are students at Bethlehem Academy and Sally and Richard attend the Immaculate Conception School. Besides holding the position of Commander of Post 43, American Legion, Mr. Quinn was a past exalted ruler of the Faribault Lodge 1166, B. P. O. E.; a member of the General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus; a past president of the Fifth Judicial District Bar Association and the Faribault Bar Association. He was a past president of the Southern Minnesota Baseball League and a director of the Faribault baseball team at the time of his death; he was the State chairman of the American Liberty League in 1936; was instrumental in the forming of the Faribault Junior Chamber of Commerce and was a member of many important committees of the Minnesota Bar Association. He had been recently named state vice chairman of the Al Smith Memorial Hospital drive. He was a devout member of the Immaculate Conception church and had served as a trustee of the church for many years. "Tom" as he was familiarly called by all who knew him, both young and old, was never too busy to stop to listen to the problems of others and offer a word of counsel or a bit of comfort to a troubled heart. When Tom was 10 years old, his mother died, leaving a family of five children. His father kept the little family together until his death in 1915. Although Tom was only 16 at the time, he immediately assumed the responsibility of both mother and father to his younger brother, Frank and his three sisters, Beatrice, Marion and Genevieve. He was ambitious for their welfare and carefully guided them in their choice of their life work in which they each in turn have become successful, Frank as an attorney, Beatrice, former welfare secretary and now a graduate student at the University of Minnesota and Lt. Genevieve Quinn, a nurse in the U. S. Army Air Corps, now on terminal leave after extensive service in the Far East, Marion Quinn, passed away in 1922, while a student at Bethlehem Academy. The responsibilities he assumed at an early age, fitted Tom for the various important offices to which he was destined to be elected while still a young man. The personal interest he took in everyone's welfare was one of his greatest characteristics. He was intensely interested in the problems of delinquency and it was his greatest desire to find ways and means to curb and eventually solve this problem. He never lost his interest in athletics and during the past two years gave freely of his time to help coach the Bethlehem Academy football team. Every afternoon in the fall, he would close his office at 4 o'clock and go up to the football field to help Vicnent Schell, coach the boys. His efforts were not without results as the boys became proficient at the game and captured the DeSmet championship during the past season. He gave generously and freely of his tremendous energy and during his tenure of office the membership of the American Legion had increased enormously. Under his direction, the long-planned expansive building program was soon to become a reality. Tom could have gone far in the political world, had he so chosen, but his interest was centered primarily in his "old home town." Every project for the betterment of the city had his wholehearted approval and he gave unreservedly of his time to further the projects. He was a devoted husband and father, his home was his castle, his family his pride and joy. The welcome mat was always out at the Quinn home and during the summer the "Cottage" at French Lake Park became a veritable "open house" for all the friends of his children. Although death called him at the early age of 47, Tom had enjoyed life to its fullest and commanded the respect and admiration of his fellowmen. His sterling qualities, immeasureable charity and honest, upright principles will forever stamp him, in the minds of his many friends here, as the type of man the "Home Town" could well be proud to have called its own. Among those from out of town who attended the services were John Madigan, representing the College of St. Thomas, Arthur Reynolds, Carl L. Weicht, Miss Blanche Kinsella, Mrs. Art Swanson, Mrs. Walter Carroll, Mrs. William Fallon, Miss Helen Carroll, Mrs. Jack Lynch, John Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Connolly, all of St. Paul; Misses Agnes, Eileen and Anna Ward, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Foley, Mrs. Sam Quincy, Mrs. Ellis Clendenning, Hugh Littel, Miss Helen Hurley and Miss Doris Hayes, all of Minneapolis. Judge Axel Anderson, Harold Nelson, Otto Nelson, Fred Alexander, John Walbran, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carroll of Owatonna; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dandelet, William Carrol and son George of Blooming Prairie; James Dandelet and James, Jr., of Austin; Mrs. M. W. Welshons, of Stillwater; Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hassman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ryan and B. R. Hassman of Aitkin. Joseph Loomis, Albert Lea; John Leadon, Detroit, Mich; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shortall, Kilkenny; James Caulfield, Charles R. Pye, Carl Heibel, F. E. Jenkins, W. F. Schilling, Mrs. Vincent Hunt, Northfield; Joseph Moonan, Frank Gallagher, Peter Madden, Ray Moonan and Frank Papke, Waseca; Frank Weir, Rochester; Mrs. J. P. Coughlin, Waseca, and Kopple Hallock, Hibbing, as well as hosts of friends and colleagues from the surrounding communities.
From the Faribault Daily News:
Residents of Faribault and the surrounding communities were stunned beyond comprehension on Thursday evening, January 24, when word was received here of the sudden death of Thomas H. Quinn, 47, prominent Faribault attorney, which occurred at the Owatonna City Hospital at 11:05 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered while attending the Golden Glove Tournament in the Owatonna Armory, in which several of the Bethlehem Academy students were entered. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn had gone to the tournament with a group of friends. During intermission, he complained of a headache. The first indication Mrs. Quinn had that something serious was wrong was when he dropped his program and couldn't pick it up. She immediately summoned aid and he was taken to the Owatonna Hotel where a doctor was called. The doctor ordered him taken to the hospital immediately where his death occurred a short time later. Funeral services were held at the Immaculate Conception Church on Monday morning, January 28, at 10:30 o'clock with the Rev. John P. Foley, pastor of the church officiating at the solemn requiem high mass. Assisting as deacon was Rev. Henry LeMay and as sub-deacon, Rev. Robert Dillon. Interment was made in Calvary Cemetery. Present in the Sanctuary were Rev. J. J. Molloy, Shieldsville; Rev. Patrick Ryan, Hastings; Rev. Robert Russell, Hazelwood; Rev. James Ward, St. Paul; Rev. Francis Wilkins, Mound; Rev. J. C. O'Hara, Northfield; and Rev. David B. Schuck, Minneapolis. The General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, of which he was an active member, formed a guard of honor at the home and church. Honorary pallbearers were all past commanders of the American Legion Post 43, of which he was the commander at the time of his death. Members of the post also attended the services in a body. Active pallbearers were Harvey R. Kelly, Mayor Hilary Walsh, Ruge Fleckenstein, Merrill Siemers, James Murphy, John R. Glassco, Charles MacKenzie, Jr., and Marven Shaughnessy. In attendance were all students at Bethlehem Academy and the Immaculate Conception School; also a group of members of the Fifth Judicial Bar Association of which Mr. Quinn was a past president, many attorneys from the surrounding towns and communities and city and county officials. American Legion Post 43 was in charge of military services at the grave. Col. William P. Townsend was the commander; the firing squad was composed of Joseph Smisek, James Roach, Paul Glynn, Thomas and Richard Ostrom, Edward Ulvenes, Jack Kenney and Harwood Rinsem, all United States Army veterans of World War II; the color guards were Charles Carver and George Dienst, U. S. Marine Corps veterans; color bearers were Patrick Donahue and Donald Mentz, U. S. Navy veterans. Taps were sounded by John R. Glassco and Irwin Ostrom. George A. Kaisersatt, Farmington, represented the Department of Minnesota of the American Legion and presented Mrs. Quinn with the American Flag which had draped the casket. Thomas H. Quinn, II, son of the late Attorney Thomas H. Quinn and Elizabeth Nolen Quinn, was born in Faribault on November 16, 1898. He attended the Immaculate Conception school and later was graduated from the Faribault high school in the class of 1916. While in high school, he starred on both the basketball and football teams. He attended the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul where he played on the college football and basketball teams, winning recognition as an All-State center. He was graduated from there in 1918, following which he attended the St. Paul College of Law. His studies there were interrupted by World War I. Following his return to school after he was mustered out of service in December 1918 at Camp Pike, Ark., he was graduated from the St. Paul College of Law, L. L. B., in 1919. As he was still under 21 years of age, he was not admitted to the Bar until after his 21st birthday in November. He was admitted to U. S. District Court practice on June 19, 1920, and he served as the field Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue from 1919 to 1920. In 1920, Mr. Quinn and Ray Moonan of Waseca opened the Quinn-Moonan law office over what is now the Jim and Joe Clothing Store. Later, following the death of his father, a prominent Waseca attorney, Mr. Moonan returned to Waseca and entered his late father's law firm with his brothers. Mr. Quinn then re-established the name of Thomas H. Quinn, Attorney which had been a familiar one here during 1880-1915, when his father had been a successful attorney, with offices over what is now the F. W. Woolworth store. Mr. Quinn was elected Mayor of the City of Faribault on April 5, 1921. His election drew statewide attention as he was the youngest mayor ever to be elected, he was only 22 years of age at the time. He was re-elected to this office on April 3, 1923, serving a total of four years. He was elected County Attorney on November 2, 1926 and served in that capacity for 12 years. Thomas Quinn and Miss Elinor Foley of Aitkin, Minnesota were united in marriage at Aitkin on August 17, 1926. To this union four children were born, Diane Marie, 17; Thomas H. III, 15; Sally Joan, 12; and Richard Foley Quinn, 10. Diane and Thomas are students at Bethlehem Academy and Sally and Richard attend the Immaculate Conception School. Besides holding the position of Commander of Post 43, American Legion, Mr. Quinn was a past exalted ruler of the Faribault Lodge 1166, B. P. O. E.; a member of the General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus; a past president of the Fifth Judicial District Bar Association and the Faribault Bar Association. He was a past president of the Southern Minnesota Baseball League and a director of the Faribault baseball team at the time of his death; he was the State chairman of the American Liberty League in 1936; was instrumental in the forming of the Faribault Junior Chamber of Commerce and was a member of many important committees of the Minnesota Bar Association. He had been recently named state vice chairman of the Al Smith Memorial Hospital drive. He was a devout member of the Immaculate Conception church and had served as a trustee of the church for many years. "Tom" as he was familiarly called by all who knew him, both young and old, was never too busy to stop to listen to the problems of others and offer a word of counsel or a bit of comfort to a troubled heart. When Tom was 10 years old, his mother died, leaving a family of five children. His father kept the little family together until his death in 1915. Although Tom was only 16 at the time, he immediately assumed the responsibility of both mother and father to his younger brother, Frank and his three sisters, Beatrice, Marion and Genevieve. He was ambitious for their welfare and carefully guided them in their choice of their life work in which they each in turn have become successful, Frank as an attorney, Beatrice, former welfare secretary and now a graduate student at the University of Minnesota and Lt. Genevieve Quinn, a nurse in the U. S. Army Air Corps, now on terminal leave after extensive service in the Far East, Marion Quinn, passed away in 1922, while a student at Bethlehem Academy. The responsibilities he assumed at an early age, fitted Tom for the various important offices to which he was destined to be elected while still a young man. The personal interest he took in everyone's welfare was one of his greatest characteristics. He was intensely interested in the problems of delinquency and it was his greatest desire to find ways and means to curb and eventually solve this problem. He never lost his interest in athletics and during the past two years gave freely of his time to help coach the Bethlehem Academy football team. Every afternoon in the fall, he would close his office at 4 o'clock and go up to the football field to help Vicnent Schell, coach the boys. His efforts were not without results as the boys became proficient at the game and captured the DeSmet championship during the past season. He gave generously and freely of his tremendous energy and during his tenure of office the membership of the American Legion had increased enormously. Under his direction, the long-planned expansive building program was soon to become a reality. Tom could have gone far in the political world, had he so chosen, but his interest was centered primarily in his "old home town." Every project for the betterment of the city had his wholehearted approval and he gave unreservedly of his time to further the projects. He was a devoted husband and father, his home was his castle, his family his pride and joy. The welcome mat was always out at the Quinn home and during the summer the "Cottage" at French Lake Park became a veritable "open house" for all the friends of his children. Although death called him at the early age of 47, Tom had enjoyed life to its fullest and commanded the respect and admiration of his fellowmen. His sterling qualities, immeasureable charity and honest, upright principles will forever stamp him, in the minds of his many friends here, as the type of man the "Home Town" could well be proud to have called its own. Among those from out of town who attended the services were John Madigan, representing the College of St. Thomas, Arthur Reynolds, Carl L. Weicht, Miss Blanche Kinsella, Mrs. Art Swanson, Mrs. Walter Carroll, Mrs. William Fallon, Miss Helen Carroll, Mrs. Jack Lynch, John Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Connolly, all of St. Paul; Misses Agnes, Eileen and Anna Ward, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Foley, Mrs. Sam Quincy, Mrs. Ellis Clendenning, Hugh Littel, Miss Helen Hurley and Miss Doris Hayes, all of Minneapolis. Judge Axel Anderson, Harold Nelson, Otto Nelson, Fred Alexander, John Walbran, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carroll of Owatonna; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dandelet, William Carrol and son George of Blooming Prairie; James Dandelet and James, Jr., of Austin; Mrs. M. W. Welshons, of Stillwater; Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hassman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ryan and B. R. Hassman of Aitkin. Joseph Loomis, Albert Lea; John Leadon, Detroit, Mich; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shortall, Kilkenny; James Caulfield, Charles R. Pye, Carl Heibel, F. E. Jenkins, W. F. Schilling, Mrs. Vincent Hunt, Northfield; Joseph Moonan, Frank Gallagher, Peter Madden, Ray Moonan and Frank Papke, Waseca; Frank Weir, Rochester; Mrs. J. P. Coughlin, Waseca, and Kopple Hallock, Hibbing, as well as hosts of friends and colleagues from the surrounding communities.
Residents of Faribault and the surrounding communities were stunned beyond comprehension on Thursday evening, January 24, when word was received here of the sudden death of Thomas H. Quinn, 47, prominent Faribault attorney, which occurred at the Owatonna City Hospital at 11:05 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered while attending the Golden Glove Tournament in the Owatonna Armory, in which several of the Bethlehem Academy students were entered. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn had gone to the tournament with a group of friends. During intermission, he complained of a headache. The first indication Mrs. Quinn had that something serious was wrong was when he dropped his program and couldn't pick it up. She immediately summoned aid and he was taken to the Owatonna Hotel where a doctor was called. The doctor ordered him taken to the hospital immediately where his death occurred a short time later. Funeral services were held at the Immaculate Conception Church on Monday morning, January 28, at 10:30 o'clock with the Rev. John P. Foley, pastor of the church officiating at the solemn requiem high mass. Assisting as deacon was Rev. Henry LeMay and as sub-deacon, Rev. Robert Dillon. Interment was made in Calvary Cemetery. Present in the Sanctuary were Rev. J. J. Molloy, Shieldsville; Rev. Patrick Ryan, Hastings; Rev. Robert Russell, Hazelwood; Rev. James Ward, St. Paul; Rev. Francis Wilkins, Mound; Rev. J. C. O'Hara, Northfield; and Rev. David B. Schuck, Minneapolis. The General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, of which he was an active member, formed a guard of honor at the home and church. Honorary pallbearers were all past commanders of the American Legion Post 43, of which he was the commander at the time of his death. Members of the post also attended the services in a body. Active pallbearers were Harvey R. Kelly, Mayor Hilary Walsh, Ruge Fleckenstein, Merrill Siemers, James Murphy, John R. Glassco, Charles MacKenzie, Jr., and Marven Shaughnessy. In attendance were all students at Bethlehem Academy and the Immaculate Conception School; also a group of members of the Fifth Judicial Bar Association of which Mr. Quinn was a past president, many attorneys from the surrounding towns and communities and city and county officials. American Legion Post 43 was in charge of military services at the grave. Col. William P. Townsend was the commander; the firing squad was composed of Joseph Smisek, James Roach, Paul Glynn, Thomas and Richard Ostrom, Edward Ulvenes, Jack Kenney and Harwood Rinsem, all United States Army veterans of World War II; the color guards were Charles Carver and George Dienst, U. S. Marine Corps veterans; color bearers were Patrick Donahue and Donald Mentz, U. S. Navy veterans. Taps were sounded by John R. Glassco and Irwin Ostrom. George A. Kaisersatt, Farmington, represented the Department of Minnesota of the American Legion and presented Mrs. Quinn with the American Flag which had draped the casket. Thomas H. Quinn, II, son of the late Attorney Thomas H. Quinn and Elizabeth Nolen Quinn, was born in Faribault on November 16, 1898. He attended the Immaculate Conception school and later was graduated from the Faribault high school in the class of 1916. While in high school, he starred on both the basketball and football teams. He attended the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul where he played on the college football and basketball teams, winning recognition as an All-State center. He was graduated from there in 1918, following which he attended the St. Paul College of Law. His studies there were interrupted by World War I. Following his return to school after he was mustered out of service in December 1918 at Camp Pike, Ark., he was graduated from the St. Paul College of Law, L. L. B., in 1919. As he was still under 21 years of age, he was not admitted to the Bar until after his 21st birthday in November. He was admitted to U. S. District Court practice on June 19, 1920, and he served as the field Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue from 1919 to 1920. In 1920, Mr. Quinn and Ray Moonan of Waseca opened the Quinn-Moonan law office over what is now the Jim and Joe Clothing Store. Later, following the death of his father, a prominent Waseca attorney, Mr. Moonan returned to Waseca and entered his late father's law firm with his brothers. Mr. Quinn then re-established the name of Thomas H. Quinn, Attorney which had been a familiar one here during 1880-1915, when his father had been a successful attorney, with offices over what is now the F. W. Woolworth store. Mr. Quinn was elected Mayor of the City of Faribault on April 5, 1921. His election drew statewide attention as he was the youngest mayor ever to be elected, he was only 22 years of age at the time. He was re-elected to this office on April 3, 1923, serving a total of four years. He was elected County Attorney on November 2, 1926 and served in that capacity for 12 years. Thomas Quinn and Miss Elinor Foley of Aitkin, Minnesota were united in marriage at Aitkin on August 17, 1926. To this union four children were born, Diane Marie, 17; Thomas H. III, 15; Sally Joan, 12; and Richard Foley Quinn, 10. Diane and Thomas are students at Bethlehem Academy and Sally and Richard attend the Immaculate Conception School. Besides holding the position of Commander of Post 43, American Legion, Mr. Quinn was a past exalted ruler of the Faribault Lodge 1166, B. P. O. E.; a member of the General Shields Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus; a past president of the Fifth Judicial District Bar Association and the Faribault Bar Association. He was a past president of the Southern Minnesota Baseball League and a director of the Faribault baseball team at the time of his death; he was the State chairman of the American Liberty League in 1936; was instrumental in the forming of the Faribault Junior Chamber of Commerce and was a member of many important committees of the Minnesota Bar Association. He had been recently named state vice chairman of the Al Smith Memorial Hospital drive. He was a devout member of the Immaculate Conception church and had served as a trustee of the church for many years. "Tom" as he was familiarly called by all who knew him, both young and old, was never too busy to stop to listen to the problems of others and offer a word of counsel or a bit of comfort to a troubled heart. When Tom was 10 years old, his mother died, leaving a family of five children. His father kept the little family together until his death in 1915. Although Tom was only 16 at the time, he immediately assumed the responsibility of both mother and father to his younger brother, Frank and his three sisters, Beatrice, Marion and Genevieve. He was ambitious for their welfare and carefully guided them in their choice of their life work in which they each in turn have become successful, Frank as an attorney, Beatrice, former welfare secretary and now a graduate student at the University of Minnesota and Lt. Genevieve Quinn, a nurse in the U. S. Army Air Corps, now on terminal leave after extensive service in the Far East, Marion Quinn, passed away in 1922, while a student at Bethlehem Academy. The responsibilities he assumed at an early age, fitted Tom for the various important offices to which he was destined to be elected while still a young man. The personal interest he took in everyone's welfare was one of his greatest characteristics. He was intensely interested in the problems of delinquency and it was his greatest desire to find ways and means to curb and eventually solve this problem. He never lost his interest in athletics and during the past two years gave freely of his time to help coach the Bethlehem Academy football team. Every afternoon in the fall, he would close his office at 4 o'clock and go up to the football field to help Vicnent Schell, coach the boys. His efforts were not without results as the boys became proficient at the game and captured the DeSmet championship during the past season. He gave generously and freely of his tremendous energy and during his tenure of office the membership of the American Legion had increased enormously. Under his direction, the long-planned expansive building program was soon to become a reality. Tom could have gone far in the political world, had he so chosen, but his interest was centered primarily in his "old home town." Every project for the betterment of the city had his wholehearted approval and he gave unreservedly of his time to further the projects. He was a devoted husband and father, his home was his castle, his family his pride and joy. The welcome mat was always out at the Quinn home and during the summer the "Cottage" at French Lake Park became a veritable "open house" for all the friends of his children. Although death called him at the early age of 47, Tom had enjoyed life to its fullest and commanded the respect and admiration of his fellowmen. His sterling qualities, immeasureable charity and honest, upright principles will forever stamp him, in the minds of his many friends here, as the type of man the "Home Town" could well be proud to have called its own. Among those from out of town who attended the services were John Madigan, representing the College of St. Thomas, Arthur Reynolds, Carl L. Weicht, Miss Blanche Kinsella, Mrs. Art Swanson, Mrs. Walter Carroll, Mrs. William Fallon, Miss Helen Carroll, Mrs. Jack Lynch, John Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Connolly, all of St. Paul; Misses Agnes, Eileen and Anna Ward, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Foley, Mrs. Sam Quincy, Mrs. Ellis Clendenning, Hugh Littel, Miss Helen Hurley and Miss Doris Hayes, all of Minneapolis. Judge Axel Anderson, Harold Nelson, Otto Nelson, Fred Alexander, John Walbran, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carroll of Owatonna; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dandelet, William Carrol and son George of Blooming Prairie; James Dandelet and James, Jr., of Austin; Mrs. M. W. Welshons, of Stillwater; Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hassman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ryan and B. R. Hassman of Aitkin. Joseph Loomis, Albert Lea; John Leadon, Detroit, Mich; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shortall, Kilkenny; James Caulfield, Charles R. Pye, Carl Heibel, F. E. Jenkins, W. F. Schilling, Mrs. Vincent Hunt, Northfield; Joseph Moonan, Frank Gallagher, Peter Madden, Ray Moonan and Frank Papke, Waseca; Frank Weir, Rochester; Mrs. J. P. Coughlin, Waseca, and Kopple Hallock, Hibbing, as well as hosts of friends and colleagues from the surrounding communities.
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