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- [S461] Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana State Marriage Records, 1943-1986, Marriage Certificate: Quinnell, Arthur C & Shirley R. Cosens.
- [S435] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947, Quinnell, Fred Clarence.
- [S466] Finger Lakes Time, Splittstoesser, Clara Mae (Quinnell).
GENEVA - Clara Mae (Quinnell) Splittstoesser, passed away Saturday (January 7, 2012) in her home in Geneva, N.Y.
Memorial contributions should be made to the charity of one's choice.
Clara was born January 19, 1929, in Miles City, Montana and was a daughter of the late Fred and the late Clara (Collett) Quinnell. Clara received her Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology from Montana State College in 1950, and her Master of Science (1951) and PhD (1956) in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following two years as a pest-doctoral trainee at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, Clara became an insect pathologist in the Entomology Department at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y. Clara authored a number of research papers while at the Experimental Station. Clara married Don F. Splittstoesser on March 28, 1959. Was an avid musician who enjoyed playing the piano, violin, and ukulele. Clara was a supporter of the Geneva Concert Series and many other local arts and music societies and was a member of the Catharine Foster Hopkins Art Reading club since 1977.
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Finger Lakes Times: 22JAN2012
Accessed: 02JAN2026
- [S467] Billings Gazette, The, Quinnell, Clara (Collett).
Mrs. Quinnell Dies in Helena
HELENA (UPI) - Mrs. Fred Quinnell Jr., wife of Montana's highway enginner, died Monday at Helena hospital at the age of 57.
Mrs. Quinnell had been ill several months.
The funeral service will be Wednesday afternoon in the Retz Funeral Home in Helena with the rev. George A. Harper of St. Paul's Methodist Church officiating.
Mrs. Quinnell was born in Bozeman, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collette. She attended grade and high schools in Kelin and studied at Western Montana College of Education in Dillon.
She married Quinnell in 1926 in Terry where he was a project engineer for he Highway Department. Thereafter, they lived in Miles City, Jordan, Wolf Point, Glendive, Butte and Helena. They moved to Helena in 1956 when Quinnell was promoted from division engineer in Butte to administrative engineer in Helena.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a son, Arthur, who is assistant administrative engineer for the Highway Department in Helena, a daughter, Dr. Clara Mae Spittstosser who, with her husband, is doing research at Cornell University in New York, and two grandchildren in Helena.
Mrs. Quinnell was a past matron of the Order of Eastern Star chapter in Butte and member of the Daughters of the Nile in Butte.
Billings Gazette, The: 30SEP1963
Accessed: 02JAN2026
- [S23] Findagrave.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com; Location: Provo, Utah, United States;;), Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54723427/clara_m-quinnell: accessed January 2, 2026), memorial page for Clara M. Collett Quinnell (18 Aug 1906–29 Sep 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54723427, citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Caroline (contributor 48400782).
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1906 - 1963 (57 years)
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