Del was born in Idaho in 1933. He was the son of Orley Quinn and Golda Christensen. In 1942 his family moved to Richmond California where there was work in the shipyards during the War. In 1954 Del married Marie Rachel Scheidt. They lived in the Bay Area of northern California. Del was well known in the racecar circuit, passing away at the Kings Speedway in Hanford, California in 2001 at age 66.
Notes
From the Fresno Bee: Del Quinn, a two-time NCMA champion, died of an apparent hear attack April 28 at the Kings Speedway. He finished fifth in the main event of the Golden State Challenge and pulled into the pits where he died.
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY46-225 : 28 February 2020), Delmont Quinn in household of Arley B Quinn, Basalt, Basalt Election Precinct, Bingham, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-5, sheet 2A, line 13, family 32, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 739.
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Richmond, Contra Costa, California; Roll: 2253; Sheet Number: 17; Enumeration District: 69-15
Ancestry.com. California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. DEL M QUINN m. MARIE R. SCHEIDT, 20 FEB 1954, SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT4F-WP1 : 22 July 2020), Del Quinn, 28 Apr 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Ancestry.com. Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Name: Del M Quinn; Age:68; Birth Date:Abt 1933; Birth Place:Basalt ID; Death Date:abt 2001; Death Place:Hanford CA; Publication Date:2 May 2001
Newspapers.com; The Fresno Bee, 22 July 2001, p.9.
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