- Date Of Birth: February 25, 1921
- Date Of Death: June 8, 2015
- State: Colorado
Anna Quinn Harper was born on February 25, 1921, the second of a set of fraternal twins born to Josephine and John Quinn of Baltimore, MD. She grew up in Towson, MD in a family of three brothers and one sister. As a young child growing up in the depression she developed a lifelong love for walking – “If you wanted to go some place you walked. No money for car fare.” From age twelve she showed a love and a talent for tap dancing, which she continued to do until she was almost 90 years old.
In 1943 she married Samuel James Harper after a four-year courtship. After their marriage, Samuel worked for the Martin Company (Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin) while Anna stayed at home with her daughters Judy (born 1943) and Jeanne (born 1948).
In 1998 Sam and Anna moved to Shalom Park in Aurora. She was featured in a Denver Post article on active aging in 2009 for her dancing and the same year her family sponsored a quilt show of her and her family’s work.
Anna passed away on Monday, June 8, 2015 at Shalom Park, succumbing to dementia following a recent fall and hip surgery. She is preceded in death by her husband, Samuel, her twin brother Patrick Quinn, and her other siblings John Quinn, William Quinn, and Marie Cooney. She is survived by her three daughters, Judith Horose, Jeanne Crutchley, and Jo Sanburg, and her three grandchildren Zakarij Horose, Caitlyn Davison, and Caisa Sanburg.
