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Roselma Shumway Quinn died February 15, 2014 in Redmond, Washington. She was born in San Luis Obispo, California, February 2, 1935 to Wesley and Helen Wheeler of Halcyon. She attended Arroyo Grande schools graduating from Arroyo Grande High School in the class of 1952. Miss Shumway enrolled in a San Francisco nursing school graduating as a registered nurse. She worked in the nursing field in San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, and Saudi Arabia.
She was legally adopted by Kenneth and Roberta Shumway in September, 1952, after having lived with their family for two years. Miss Shumway married Stephen Thomas Quinn of Virginia in Halcyon in 1960. They had one son, Stephen Robert, now deceased. Survivors of their union include an adopted son, Timothy Quinn, and six grandchildren.
She was an active member of the Carl Jung Society of San Luis Obispo, a member of the Temple of the People in Halcyon, later becoming affiliated with Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in Sammamish, Washington. She was a gifted artist, an avid quilter, and talented pianist.
Mrs. Quinn was preceded in death by her brother Bradford Wheeler, and both sets of parents. She is survived by her cousin David Mallory of Chico, California; sisters Elizabeth Wheeler Kayadu of Highlands, Texas; Eleanor Shumway and Barbara Shumway Reed of Halcyon, California; Gloria Shumway Quale of Lakewood, Colorado; brother Robert Shumway of Gig Harbor, Washington; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at the Episcopal Church in Redmond, Washington. A graveside service will be held in the Halcyon Cemetery, Halcyon, California on March 8, at 10:30 am
She was legally adopted by Kenneth and Roberta Shumway in September, 1952, after having lived with their family for two years. Miss Shumway married Stephen Thomas Quinn of Virginia in Halcyon in 1960. They had one son, Stephen Robert, now deceased. Survivors of their union include an adopted son, Timothy Quinn, and six grandchildren.
She was an active member of the Carl Jung Society of San Luis Obispo, a member of the Temple of the People in Halcyon, later becoming affiliated with Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in Sammamish, Washington. She was a gifted artist, an avid quilter, and talented pianist.
Mrs. Quinn was preceded in death by her brother Bradford Wheeler, and both sets of parents. She is survived by her cousin David Mallory of Chico, California; sisters Elizabeth Wheeler Kayadu of Highlands, Texas; Eleanor Shumway and Barbara Shumway Reed of Halcyon, California; Gloria Shumway Quale of Lakewood, Colorado; brother Robert Shumway of Gig Harbor, Washington; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at the Episcopal Church in Redmond, Washington. A graveside service will be held in the Halcyon Cemetery, Halcyon, California on March 8, at 10:30 am
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