Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 25^th, 2004 at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Adams. Father James P. McNamee will officiate. Internment will follow at a later date at the Calvary Cemetery, in Evanston, IL

Helen was born on August 3, 1918 to Joseph and Mary (Brookal) Szymanski in Calgary, Canada. She was the youngest of three daughters. When she was five, her family moved to Chicago, IL where her father found work as a carpenter. Helen married Everett Quinn in 1942. This marriage was blessed with 2 children, Judy and Bryan.

Helen worked as a top notch legal stenographer for years before becoming a wholesale director for a catalog house where she traveled the USA doing trade shows. She owned a gift shop in Evanston, IL and in Wisconsin Dells, WI during the 1970’s called the "Christmas Cardinal". Helen then began a collector thimble wholesale business and sold them to catalog houses and theme parks all over the country.

Helen retired to Adams County in 1994, but her entrepreneurial spirit prevailed and she opened a booth at the Adams Flea Market for several years where she sold floral arrangements and other hand made gifts she created.

She was a regular at St. Joseph’s Church every Saturday night, even in winter, sometimes getting rides by her many friends. She was also a voice in the "sound-off" columns when she felt an injustice was happening. Helen never drove a car so she was often seen walking to the Post Office and throughout town.

Helen was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and the VFW Post #6279 Ladies Auxiliary.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband (Everett – 1976), and her oldest sister (Frances Kusner).

Survivors

Daughter

Judy (Joe) Flashing – Woodstock, IL

Son

Bryan Quinn –Dellwood, WI

Sister

Anne McKenna – Boston, MA

Grandchildren

Joseph (Lucinda) Flashing, Cary, IL

Jennifer (Phil) Heuch – Crystal Lake, IL

Kathleen (Tom) Manka – Elk Grove Village, IL

Karen (Dave) Holden – Cary, IL

Seven Great-Grandchildren

Hannah, J.J., Emma, Jazmin, Alison, Andrea, Katelyn,

Further survived by nieces and nephew, other relatives, and many friends.

Visitation will be at St. Joseph’s Friday morning from 9:30 until the time of mass.