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THE OBITUARY OFJohn Michael Quinlan |
John Michael Quinlan
JOHN MICHAEL QUINLAN, 52, commander of the Spanish War Veterans and for twenty-five years a crane operator for the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company, died at 7 a.m. Monday at his residence, 3240 avenue B, after a two weeks' illness from pneumonia. Mr. Quinlan was a member of Company E, 30th United States infantry, and served during 1898-1899 in the Philippine Islands during active fighting. He had been commander of Louie A. Wegener Camp No. 18, United Spanish War Veterans, for the year of 1930.
The camp has made progress by leaps and bounds during his tenure of office," Walter F. Scholes, a past department commander, said of Mr. Quinlan. "He was largely responsible for the close contact and co-operation achieved between the United Spanish War Veterans and the American Legion in the last year, and both local and state leaders have a high regard for him."
Surviving are his widow, Marie Quinlan; five children, John, Leonard, Dennis, Joseph and Gertrude Quinlan, all at home; and two brothers, Steve Quinlan of Sioux City and Thomas Quinlan of Omaha.
The body was removed to the Beem-Belford Funeral Home. Services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father W. Couglan officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Magdalene's Cemetery in South Omaha. The members of the United Spanish War Veterans will attend in a body.