David William "Bill" Quinn

Bill Quinn left this earthly life Monday, March 21, 2016, in Bountiful, Utah. He had patiently dealt with heart failure for many years, the long-term result of heart disease when he was eighteen.
Bill was born December 26, 1948, in Roosevelt, Utah, to James and Metta Morrill Quinn; he was later adopted by his stepfather T. Boyd Barnes. Bill was blessed with three brothers and two sisters: Kenneth Quinn of St. Louis, MO; Michael (Dawn) Quinn of Punta Gorda, FL; Robert (Sue) Quinn of Centerville, UT; Barbara (Malcolm) Jones of Canyon Country, CA and Marilyn (Kenneth) Tyler of  Las Vegas, NV.  He also had four stepbrothers: Lynn (Sharon) Barnes; Terry (Barbara) Barnes, Jae Dee Barnes, and Layne Barnes.
On January 28, 1971 Bill and Nancy Whalen were married in the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS Church. Their six dear children and spouses are Rebecca and John Sullivan of Oelwein, IA; Jeanette and Matthew Haywood of Princeton, NJ; Sarah and Ryan Porter of Kaysville, UT; Melissa Quinn of Boise, ID; Brent and Katrina Quinn of Apex, NC; and Elizabeth Quinn and Irvine Welsh of Chicago, IL.  They also have seventeen well-loved grandchildren.
From 1968 to 1970 Bill served in the Southern California Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From then on he taught church classes and served devotedly in a variety of other capacities.
Bill graduated from Bountiful High School in 1966 and began attending Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in 1973 and a master’s degree in August 1975. In 1978 Bill received a doctorate degree in education from the Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University. Bill was influenced by dear friends Adrien VanMondfrans and Blaine Worthen, as well as many others in research and education. He worked for BYU, the LDS church, the federal education lab in Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, and did many consulting projects.
The field of educational evaluation suited Bill’s talents; he especially had a talent for making complex ideas clear and understandable. Bill was motivated to support decision-makers with useful data wherever he worked and always said that he gained satisfaction in giving a voice to those he felt needed to be heard. Financially and emotionally supporting his family also were important to him. He was known for his sense of humor.
Services will be held 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, at the Bountiful Shadows Ward, 1476 N. 300 West, Bountiful, Utah. A viewing will be held the hour before. Interment will be at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, 1630 East Lakeview Drive, Bountiful, Utah—south of the Bountiful Utah Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Service Information
Viewing March 29, 2016 at 9:45 am to 10:45am
Bountiful Shadows Ward, 1476 N. 300 W. Bountiful, Utah





Funeral Service
March 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Bountiful Shadows Ward, 1476 N. 300 W. Bountiful, Utah