James Joseph Quinn, 84, died at home in Pensacola, FL on October 30, 2011. Mr. Quinn and his late wife, the former Dorothy Boyce, had been lifelong residents of Cortland, NY prior to their retirement to Pensacola in 1991. Mr. Quinn was born on December 26, 1926 to Patrick and Anne Lawlor Quinn. He attended Saint Mary's School through the eleventh grade and left school in 1944 at age 17 to enlist in the Navy. During the waning days of WWII, he served on the USS Solace (AH-5), a hospital ship in the Pacific theater. Following his discharge in 1946, he graduated from Cortland High School, went to work for Smith Corona, and married in 1947. In 1951, he was recalled to the Navy during the Korean Conflict. Following his discharge in 1953 he returned to Cortland to work for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In 1965 he began working for the New York State Department of Labor and eventually rose through the ranks to manage several Employment/ Unemployment Services Offices. He retired in 1988. Retirement afforded Mr. Quinn and his wife the opportunity to make several trips to Ireland where Mr. Quinn was able to establish very close relationships with long-lost Irish cousins. His wife Dorothy died of cancer in 2001. Following her death, Mr. Quinn devoted many hours of volunteer service to the American Cancer Society driving patients to and from chemotherapy sessions. He continued this volunteer work until August 2011 shortly before he was diagnosed with cancer himself. Mr. Quinn is survived by one sister, Patricia Collier (Jim) of Pharr, TX and by six children, Pat (Susan) of Las Cruces, NM, Bill (Pam) of Binghamton, NY, Dave of Youngstown, FL, Colleen Goodwin (Joe) of Douglasville, GA, Carol Collins (Chuck) of Owings, MD and Jim (Jill) of Baldwinsville, NY. He is also survived by fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Quinn has willed his body to the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Committal Service will be held 10:15am Friday, July 26, 2013 at Barrancas National Cemetery. A Memorial Mass will be scheduled at a later date. Donations in Mr. Quinn's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society. HARPER-MORRIS MEMORIAL CHAPEL is in charge of arrangements.