Margaret Elizabeth Quinn

Margaret Elizabeth “Penny” Quinn passed away peacefully at the age of 90 on March 17, 2025.

Penny was born on November 16, 1934, to Margaret and Charles Reamer in Chicago, Illinois. Fourteen months later, along came her twin sisters Joyce Brach and Joanne Brogan. Penny attended St. Ethelreda School and Mercy High School (Class of ’52) on Chicago’s South Side before attending Lewis College in Lockport, Illinois, and graduating in 1956 from Northern Illinois University with a degree in Elementary Education.

Soon after graduation she met Dan Quinn, who had just returned from a stint in the Air Force having served in Korea, and they married a year later in 1957. She taught second grade in suburban Burbank, Illinois, for 32 years before retiring in 1990.

Penny and Dan (retired Chicago Fire Department) were married for 60 years, retiring to Oakwood in Sun Lakes, Arizona, in 1997. Penny enjoyed playing bridge and golfing with the Oakwood, Ironwood and Sun Lakes Niners. She also volunteered as a Money Counter and served as a Martha at St. Steven’s Catholic Church. After Dan’s death in 2017, she moved to and became a “Renaissance Lady” in Sun Lakes.

Penny is survived by her daughter Peggy Indrelunas of Chandler and her grandsons Brian and Michael (Kim Lopata).

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Arizona time, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at St. Steven’s Catholic Church in Sun Lakes and live streamed at: https://ecatholic.live/M7kmLPcjAwkKm9hyqG0gpePas3pJQe0c/channels/1/event/1304/public/view?signature=72db06ec017ae34ffcdb89dda23f5113982f612598670594eaf3855da5b54c3d

As a way to honor Penny, please wear a touch of green.