* Carmen E. Quinn; Former Snack Bar Owner
Carmen E. Quinn, former owner of Carmen’s Snack Bar, died Tuesday in a Camarillo hospital after a brief illness. She was 87.
Quinn was born Oct. 24, 1912, in Hollister, Mo., where she grew up and went to school.
In 1937, she moved to Camarillo and about 10 years later opened the snack bar at Palm Drive and Ventura Boulevard. It was in her coffee shop that plans were made to incorporate the city of Camarillo. She retired from her business after 25 years.
Quinn was also a longtime and active member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Camarillo.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward, in 1992 and their daughter, Patty Heath, in 1980.
Quinn is survived by a son-in-law, Arnold Heath of Camarillo; sisters Jackie Presley of Folsom and Anne Whitted of Camarillo, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, with entombment following at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura.
Arrangements are under the direction of Pierce Bros. Griffin Mortuary in Camarillo.
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