Fiskdale: David S. Quinn, 67, passed away at his home on Sunday, July 14th, surrounded by his loving family after he fought a valiant battle with cancer.

He leaves his beloved wife of 43 years, Donna M. (Joyce) Quinn; his son and Marine brother, David J. Quinn of Sturbridge; his devoted daughter, Violet J. Santiago and her husband Miguel of Sturbridge; his oldest son, Derrick Lyons and his wife Sarah of Oklahoma; his mother, Barbara (McRoy) Gelians and her husband Richard; brothers, Kevin Quinn of West Brookfield and Scott Quinn and his wife Debra of Sturbridge; Sister, Karen Trumbull and her husband Richard of North Brookfield; his pride and joy grandchildren, Hannah Quinn, Owen Santiago, Maeve Santiago and Oliver Santiago; 3 step-sisters, Shiela Partlow of Putnam, Melissa Stanley of Shrewsbury and Mickey Donahue of Holden; along with many cherished nieces and nephews. David was predeceased by his father David J. Quinn.

He was born at Fort Devens in Ayer, MA. David attended Tantasqua High School. After high school David enlisted in the United States Marine Corp and was also in the National Guard. David was proud to have been able to serve his country. After the military David found a passion for cooking, this began his long time career as a chef. David met Donna when he was a chef and she was a waitress. They married and started a family which was David's proudest accomplishment. David grew up an avid music lover attending hundreds of concerts, was a trivia music extraordinaire and guitar player. David found happiness spending weekends away with his wife relaxing in Stockbridge and vacationing with his family on the Bass River on Cape Cod where he would spend hours digging for quahogs to turn into a delicious meal.  David won several awards for his chowder recipes. He had a love collecting baseball memorabilia and attending Red Sox games, he passed this love down to his grandchildren attending Woo Sox games together.

David was always a hard working man, having a long career at the Publick House in Sturbridge. He took his first job there at 14 years old as a bus boy and ending his career back there after more than 20 consecutive years as the assistant chef. David had many loving and supporting coworkers at the Publick House that provided comfort and support to David and his family during his illness.

A funeral for David will be held on Saturday, July 20th from the Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home, 130 Hamilton St., Southbridge, with a Mass at 10:00am in St. Anne Church, 16 Church St., Sturbridge.  Burial will be private. Calling hours in the funeral home will be held on Friday, July 19th, from 5 to 7PM.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in David's name to Champeau- American Legion Post 109 PO Box 83 Fiskdale, MA 01518 or St.Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or online at @ fundraising.stjude.org