11. Virginia May RUDICILL. Born on Jan 29, 1913 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Virginia May died in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, on Nov 14, 2002; she was 89. Odyssey Hospice. Occupation: Secretary (before marriage to Russell Quinn);Supervisor at Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company. Education: Washington University Master's Degree-History St. Louis, Missouri. Religion: Presbytarian.
She was a housewife at time of Sue's birth. Then Mountain Bell.
Marriage: Parents lived at 7554 Parkdale Avenue, Clayton, Mo. Russell F. Quinn son of Mr. and Mrs. F.H Quinn of Clayton. Wedding at 10:30 am at the Church of St. Michael and St. Gearge by Rev. Rufus Putney. Service in the presence of only the immediate families. Miss Rudicill graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Russell attended Central College in Fayette, Mo. and is associated with the hospital division of Parke Davis & Co.
Phx Gazette Article: Ã Phoenix Gazette article Nov. 29, 1957
You think the worst can't happen to you?
Don't you believe it. Tragedy can strike without warning... not once but even twice or three times. Mrs. Russell H. Quinn of 1317 W. Osborn Rd. can prove the wisdom of these words. She not only lost her husband, but her son, too, in a period of two years.
Today, Mrs. Quinn has accepted her widowhood, but, twice shy, she warns others as she warns herself: "Prepare yourself ahead of time - because you never know." Wisely, this business-woman-mother took her own advice several years ago when she first realized her husband might not live.
Mr. Quinn, a pharmacist, had heart trouble and had suffered at least one heart attack before the one that killed him Christmas day in 1954. His illness had forced the Quinns with Tom, then 4, and Susan, 2, to move to Arizona in 1947. Later it led to his semi-retirement.
Soon after her husband's condition became serious, Mrs. Quinn decided to prepare for widowhood. She knew no one, she said, when she first moved here. She chose to find new interests and to find a job. She read the newspaper for announcements of meetings she might like to attend. And she applied for work with the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (she had been a secretary before her marriage.
By joining clubs and going to work she began to meet new people. She joined the alumnae club of her college sorority, Phi Mu, became a representative to the city Panhellenic Association and a member of the Daugters of the Nile, joined a bridge club and took up golf regularly. She also joined the First Presbytarian Church.
Professionally, she started "on her way up" with the telephone company. She is now supervisor in the business office. Of her social life now, she says "sometimes I think there is more of it than I can handle." Of course, she hastened to add, all this social activity is limited to company with women...some widows, some single women and some married, but all enjoying doing things together. "It's surprising," says Mrs. Quinn, "How many things you can enjoy with women."
All this helped then when a year ago death again struck the Quinn family. Mrs. Quinn was working full-time in 1956 when her son, Tom, who would be 14 now, was taken to the hospital for surgery. He died there of a cerebral hemorrhage. His sudden death, Mrs. Quinn said, probably shocked her more even than her husband's because it was so unexpected.
To keep her mind from her tragedy, Mrs. Quinn works hard and she tries to make her life with Susan as full as possible. She remarks today, "My life is a great deal less lonely because of my daughter. And I love my work. I would advise anyone who needs friends to take a job. I get so busy now I don't have time to feel sorry for myself." And she added seriously, "It is so helpful to have people be so nice to you."
What for the future? Mrs. Quinn declares she has no plans and little interest in remarrying. And as far as her work's concerned, "I plan to work until they wheel me out," she ended jokingly.
A picture of Virginia accompanied the article with Sue, Jacqueline Baker, Norman Warford and Diane Carnel.
Occupations: Worked in their drug store in cape girardeau, missouri
Secretary (before marriage to Russell Quinn)
Supervisor at Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company. (at time of article.
On Aug 21, 1937 when Virginia May was 24, she first married Russell Fay QUINN, son of Frank A. QUINN (Feb 1880-Dec 25, 1946) & Gertrude GALLEMORE (Dec 27, 1867-Jan 21, 1942), in St. Louis, Missouri. Born on Dec 27, 1899 in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. Hospital on Morrison St. Russell Fay died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, on Dec 25, 1954; he was 54. Occupation: Pharmacist. Religion: Christian Church.
Birth certificate : Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate # 15589, Filed Dec 10, 1940 Ã Honorable Discharge from the United States Army (#5272085)
Born at hospital on Morrison St. His father was 30 years old and his mother was 31.
Druggist at the time of Sue's birth. (1945)
He had heart trouble and had suffered at least one heart attack1944 before the one that killed him Christmas day in 1954. a pharmacist,
Birth Certificate: #15589 State Registrar Bureau of Vital Statistics Missouri State Board of Health
Virginia May second married Frank THOMPSON, son of Sophia BLOOM. Born on Apr 9, 1896 in Aspen, Colorado. Frank died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, on Sep 13, 1981; he was 85. Buried in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Greenwood. Occupation: Engineer with Smith Pipe and Steel.