Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Quillinan, John "Jack" William May 6, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, May 7, 2004
     John “Jack” William Quillinan, 78, a resident of The Dalles since 1998, 
died at the Oregon Veterans Home on Thursday, May 6, 2004.
     He was born Feb. 28, 1926, in Chicago, the younger of two children to 
Martin F. and Margaret M. (McGeever) Quillinan. He grew up in Chicago and 
graduated from Calumet High School. He graduated from the University of 
Illinois in Champaign-Urbana with his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering 
and then enlisted in the Navy. 
     He was in the Navy for seven and a half years, serving during the Korean 
Conflict and was discharged as a lieutenant. 
     After his discharge, he worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers for 12 
years and then worked for about 20 years in international engineering 
consulting. Internationally, he worked in Thailand, South East Asia, Ethiopia, 
Africa, Central and South America building roads, airports, bridges and other 
societal infrastructure. He also taught civil engineering technology at 
Portland Community College for three years. 
     In 1983, he became the chief highway engineer for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs in Northern Arizona on the Navajo Indian Reservation, retiring in 1988.
     He was active with senior service programs in Delta, Colo., and enjoyed 
planting trees, gardening and working in his workshop. 
     He is survived by four children, Kasia Quillinan and her husband, David 
Engen, Salem; William Quillinan, San Pedro, Calif.; Nicole Quillinan, 
Asheville, N.C.; Kevin and his wife, Cyporette Quillinan, Oakland, Calif.; 
three grandchildren, Alan Quillinan, Sacramento, Calif.; Moshe and John 
Quillinan, both of Oakland; his sister, Joan Clark, McHenry, Ill.; five step-
children, Joe, Alex, Ron, Laura and Audrey; two former spouses, Carol 
Quillinan, Bradenton, Fla., and Aliceann Sellers, Ariz.
     Private family services will be held at a later date. Private cremation 
was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Smith Callaway Chapel in care 
of arrangements. 
     Memorials may be made to Oregon Veterans’ Home, 700 Veterans’ Drive, The 
Dalles, OR 97058.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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