Erminnie Jean Quinn

July 17, 1932 - May 19, 2017

Minnie was born on July 13, 1932 in Plummer, Idaho to George S. and Iva J. Loe (Bueadrau). She was the tenth of thirteen children. As a child, Minnie loved to play baseball and basketball. In her later years, she played with a woman's town league. She enjoyed camping, berry picking, sewing and was a self-taught guitar player from the age of 13. She loved to sing and play the guitar for family and friends around the campfire. She met Bernard “Barney” Quinn in the summer of 1948, and the couple were married on December 18, 1948. Minnie didn’t finish high school at this time, but always said she would go back and finish with her eldest child. In 1950, they welcomed their first child, Keith, into the world followed by Peggy, Randy and Tom. In 1969, both Minnie and Keith graduated from Plummer High School. Minnie was a homemaker and stayed at home to mother their four children. When the children were raised, she worked cleaning houses and at a café in Plummer. When Barney retired, he and Minnie started spending winters in Apache Junction, Arizona with family and friends. Minnie is preceded in death by her sisters Lila, Georgia, Mildred, and Marybelle, her brothers Ralph, Albert, Eugene, Jim and Eldon, her parents, and her beloved husband Barney. She is survived by her children Keith and (Kathy) Quinn, Peggy and (Roger) Bafus, Randy Quinn and Tom and (Kay) Quinn, her sisters Nadine Mann, LaVonne Buster and Lucille Jones as well as two sister-in-laws Junita Loe and Adalor Guibb. She had ten grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, and numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the Valley Vista nursing staff for the great care you gave our mom. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 3rd at Evergreen Cemetery in Plummer, Idaho. Schanzenbach Funeral Home, Fairfield, WA