Bette Hogan Quinn died peacefully under the care of Hospice caretakers at her Pacific Palisades home on December 8. She was 86. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 30, 1921, Bette remained in Minnesota through high school and then worked as a singer in White Bear Lake. She moved to the Palisades in 1957 with her husband, J.J. Quinn, whom she married in Las Vegas on her 36th birthday. One year later, she married J.J. at St. Monica’s Catholic Church. After their wedding in Vegas, the couple bought a home in the Castellammare neighborhood, where they lived until moving to Tahitian Terrace. While in Los Angeles, Bette worked in the programming department at CBS and later as an executive assistant for a Beverly Hills oil company. Bette was a longtime member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and a veteran yachtswoman. She loved sailing and was a member of the California, Del Rey and Long Beach Yacht Clubs as well as the Santa Monica Windjammers. Her interests also included gardening and flower arrangement. Bette is survived by J.J., her husband of 50 years; two daughters, Shauna Quinn of Austin and K.C. Quinn Koehler of Fountain Valley; and two grandchildren (K.C.’s children), Sarah Rowland and Michael Koehler. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 27 at 11 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church, 880 Toyopa Dr., in Pacific Palisades.
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