Bio: Quinlan, Eva (Retirement - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Quinlan, North

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 5/13/1971

Quinlan, Eva (Retirement - 1971)

Friday the thirteenth doesn’t always foreshadow bad luck.

Mrs. Eva Quinlan, who has spent nearly 50 years of her life as an employee of the Neillsville Bank, is retiring from her position on Friday, May 14, and has never witnessed a robbery there. Mrs. Quinlan began her long career at the bank on Friday, July 13, 1923.

A native of Neillsville area and a 1923 Neillsville High School graduate, Mrs. Quinlan worked at a variety of jobs in the bank before assuming her present position as assistant cashier over 20 years ago.

Her earlier plans for a 1944 retirement were changed abruptly by the unexpected death of her husband, Roger E. Quinlan. Mr. Quinlan, who operated a clothing store here, was stricken by a fatal heart attack in 1943. The couple was married in 1937.

Mrs. Quinlan has seen many changes in the Neillsville Bank over the intervening years. Of the present staff, only Herman North has been active longer than she. In some ways, the prospect of retirement leaves her a little sad.

A gregarious person by nature, Mrs. Quinlan says that she has enjoyed working at the bank where she has had the opportunity to meet with and served the public. She knows she’ll miss seeing her many friends and acquaintances there.