Wilfred Clarence Quinnell

1903 - 1977  (73 years)

• Name	Wilfred Clarence Quinnell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	2 Sep 1903	Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin, USA   [1, 4, 5, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jun 1977	Silver Bow, Silver Bow, Montana, USA   [7]
  Burial	1 Jul 1977	Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA   [7, 8]
  	Sunset Memorial Gardens
  Person ID	I9432	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Wilfred Hugh Quinnell,   b. 12 Aug 1880, Ranmore Common, Surrey, England d. 1956, Wisconsin, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mae Sarah Henry,   b. 14 Feb 1883, Wisconsin, USA d. 23 Nov 1949, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Aug 1902	Strong Prairie, Adams, Wisconsin, USA   [2, 9]
  Family ID	F3387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Mildred Collett,   b. 18 Aug 1906, Chestnut, Gallatin, Montana, USA d. 29 Sep 1963, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1927	Terry, Prairie, Montana, USA   [10]
  Children	+ 1. Arthur Clarence Quinnell,   b. 19 Sep 1927, Miles City, Custer, Montana, USA d. 22 Dec 2003, Marco Island, Collier, Florida, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Clara Mae Quinnell,   b. 19 Jan 1929, Miles City, Custer, Montana, USA d. 7 Jan 2012, Geneva, Ontario, New York, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S458] Montana State Historical Society; Helena, Montana; Petition and Record, Petition for Naturalization: Quinnel, Wilfred Hugh. Montana State Historical Society; Helena, Montana; Petition and Record. [S460] Daily Tribune, The [Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin], Quinnell, Mae S [Henry]. Mrs. W. Quinnell Rites on Monday Friendship - Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Roseberry Funeral home in Friendship for Mrs. Wilfred Quinnell, about 70, who died Wednesday night at her home in Bozeman, Mont., of heart complications. The Rev. J. T. O'Neill is to officiate and burial will following Mont Repose cemetery. Mrs. Quinnell, whose maiden name was Mae Henry, was born in Friendship, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Henry. She taught in Adams county schools for many years and married Wilfred Quinnell on August 27, 1902, in town of Strongs Prairie. They had resided in Montana about the past 20 years. She is survived by her husband; one son, Fred, and two sisters. Four children preceded her in death. Daily Tribune, The [Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin]: 26NOV1949 Accessed: 19DEC2025 [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. [S437] Wisconsin, U.S. Birth Records, 1812-1924, Quinnell, [Wil]fred. [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. Arrangements were handled through Palmisano-Mull Funeral Home, LLC. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. Finger Lakes Times: 22JAN2012 Accessed: 02JAN2026 [S459] Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana Death Records, Quinnell, Fred C. [S23] Findagrave.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com; Location: Provo, Utah, United States;;), Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54723428/fred_c-quinnell: accessed January 2, 2026), memorial page for Fred C Quinnell (2 Sep 1903–27 Jun 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54723428, citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hele. [S455] Wisconsin Registration of Marriage, Quinnell, Wilfred Hugh & Henry, Mae S. [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