Ellen Irene Hiltula Quinn, daughter of Elias Kustaa /Väisänen Hiltula and Kreeta Loviisa Bulldra, was born on June 22, 1924, in Calumet, Michigan. She had two siblings, but her older sister Aili died in 1934 and her younger brother Paul died in 1936. Her father died when Ellen was 13. She was a good student, even skipping a grade. A lifelong reader, one of her fondest childhood memories was sitting by the stove in the house of a neighbor who left town for the winters, reading books from the neighbor's extensive library.
After graduating from high school, Ellen worked at the local airport for about a year and then moved with a friend to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she met her husband, James Rowland Quinn, Jr., M.D., on the campus of the University of Michigan. They were married in Ann Arbor on June 14, 1947. They moved to Pontiac, Michigan, in 1953 and to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1957.
Ellen was an avid golfer. She was excellent with needlework, and enjoyed sewing, quilting, knitting, needlepoint, and crochet. She did not work outside the home until after her divorce on August 1, 1973, when she took a series of part-time office jobs. She died of lung cancer on November 1, 1998, in Pontiac, Michigan. Ellen and James Quinn had four children.
After graduating from high school, Ellen worked at the local airport for about a year and then moved with a friend to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she met her husband, James Rowland Quinn, Jr., M.D., on the campus of the University of Michigan. They were married in Ann Arbor on June 14, 1947. They moved to Pontiac, Michigan, in 1953 and to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1957.
Ellen was an avid golfer. She was excellent with needlework, and enjoyed sewing, quilting, knitting, needlepoint, and crochet. She did not work outside the home until after her divorce on August 1, 1973, when she took a series of part-time office jobs. She died of lung cancer on November 1, 1998, in Pontiac, Michigan. Ellen and James Quinn had four children.
Ellen Irene Hiltula Quinn, daughter of Elias Kustaa /Väisänen Hiltula and Kreeta Loviisa Bulldra, was born on June 22, 1924, in Calumet, Michigan. She had two siblings, but her older sister Aili died in 1934 and her younger brother Paul died in 1936. Her father died when Ellen was 13. She was a good student, even skipping a grade. A lifelong reader, one of her fondest childhood memories was sitting by the stove in the house of a neighbor who left town for the winters, reading books from the neighbor's extensive library.
After graduating from high school, Ellen worked at the local airport for about a year and then moved with a friend to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she met her husband, James Rowland Quinn, Jr., M.D., on the campus of the University of Michigan. They were married in Ann Arbor on June 14, 1947. They moved to Pontiac, Michigan, in 1953 and to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1957.
Ellen was an avid golfer. She was excellent with needlework, and enjoyed sewing, quilting, knitting, needlepoint, and crochet. She did not work outside the home until after her divorce on August 1, 1973, when she took a series of part-time office jobs. She died of lung cancer on November 1, 1998, in Pontiac, Michigan. Ellen and James Quinn had four children.
After graduating from high school, Ellen worked at the local airport for about a year and then moved with a friend to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she met her husband, James Rowland Quinn, Jr., M.D., on the campus of the University of Michigan. They were married in Ann Arbor on June 14, 1947. They moved to Pontiac, Michigan, in 1953 and to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1957.
Ellen was an avid golfer. She was excellent with needlework, and enjoyed sewing, quilting, knitting, needlepoint, and crochet. She did not work outside the home until after her divorce on August 1, 1973, when she took a series of part-time office jobs. She died of lung cancer on November 1, 1998, in Pontiac, Michigan. Ellen and James Quinn had four children.
