Emil William Qurin (June 25, 1927 – November 25, 2009) was an American businessman and politician. Quirin was born in

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Osceola County, Iowa Osceola County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census the population was 6,192, making it the state's fifth-least populous county. It is named for Seminole war chief Osceola. The county seat is Sibley, named ...

and graduated from Grand Meadow High School in

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. He served in the

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during

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. Quirin went to the

Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) is a public community college in Rochester, Minnesota. It serves more than 8,000 students annually. The college was founded in 1915 on a motion by Charles Mayo to the Rochester School Board and is ...

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and was involved with the insurance business. He lived with his wife and family in Rochester, Minnesota and in

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. Quirin served in the

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from 1965 to 1968 and from 1971 to 1974. He was a

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. He then moved with his wife to

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, in 1986, and then to

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. He died from cancer at his home in Oro Valley, Arizona.'E. W. "Bill" Quirin – obituary, ''Arizona Daily Star,'' December 6, 2009

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