Carolyn Quintero

[Marino]

Somebody should write an obituary for LinguistList.

Mary Marino


Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> I was expecting to see her in Joplin.  I knew she had been fighting cancer for some time and didn't tell people because she didn't want them fretting over her, but the last I heard, about 9 mo. ago, she was improving.  Something must have gone wrong rather quickly.  I hope her Osage dictionary has gone to press.  If it has not, then we should take steps to make sure it appears as planned.  It and the grammar will be lasting monuments to her scholarship.
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> Bob
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> From: owner-siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU on behalf of Catherine Rudin
> Sent: Fri 6/6/2008 1:54 PM
> To: siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU
> Subject: Re: Carolyn Quintero
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> Like everyone else, I'm saddened and shocked.  It must have been very sudden - Carolyn
> wrote just a few weeks ago and was planning to participate in the upcoming Siouan
> conference/dictionary workshop.  Maybe we can set aside a few minutes there to share
> some remembrances of her? 
> Catherine
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>>>> "Justin McBride" <jmcbride at kawnation.com> 06/06/08 11:01 AM >>>
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> I am very sorry to report that our dear friend and colleague Carolyn Quintero passed
> away this week.  I know none of the details.  I have only seen her obituary in the Tulsa
> World:
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> http://www.tulsaworld.com/transitions/deathnotices.aspx
> Hominy - Carolyn Platter Quintero, 62, died Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. Services
> pending. Powell.
>
> I called Powell Funeral Home in Hominy, OK, to find out when services would be held, but
> they said the family has yet to make plans.  I will keep checking, though, and post more
> when I can.  If you would like to call Powell, you can reach them at (918) 885-2128.
>
> My prayers go out to her family and all those whose lives she touched.
>
> Justin McBride
> Language Director
> Kaw Nation
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