CYNTHIA QUENTIN DAVIS

1943 - 2022

CYNTHIA QUENTIN DAVIS obituary, 1943-2022, Boston, MA

BORN

1943

DIED

2022

CYNTHIA DAVIS Obituary

DAVIS, Cynthia Quentin Of Jamaica Plain, died on August 9, 2022. Quentin, as she was known, was born on October 19, 1943 in Cumberland, MD to Horace Bancroft and Marian Rubins Davis, who raised their children to dedicate themselves to radical politics. She was the youngest of five and is survived by her loving brother and sisters Chandler, Mina, and Terry. She loved her sister Barbara and granddaughter Gavi, who died before her. Quentin is also mourned by her children, Sarah and Oliver, their spouses Aaron and Ayala; her four grandchildren, Rachel, Penny, Yadid, Reuben; her extended family, and a network of friends and community activists. She was active in Friends of Melnea Cass, a group devoted to saving the trees on Melnea Cass Boulevard in Boston, as well as helping to lead the Forbes Building Tenants Association and Health Justice for Boston. Proud of her ancestor, Norwood Penrose Hallowell, for leading one of the first Black regiments during the Civil War, which he called the War of the Slaveowners' Rebellion, she gave volunteer presentations about him in Quincy and elsewhere. Quentin worked mostly in Boston medical institutions and doctor's offices as a secretary; she also drove a yellow cab and worked as an accountant. Her Memorial Service will be held in the Boston area. Quentin loved to play games, from cribbage to Wordle, and she loved all her dogs, among whom her beagle Sparky deserves special mention. She dreamed of building a Stress-Free Park.

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Published by Boston Globe from Aug. 11 to Aug. 12, 2022.
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Pinata Rindin

October 16, 2022

Quentin was the first friend I made when I moved to Boston in 1974. I had never met anyone like her ... she is truly one of a kind. She always listened and gave me a new perspective to any situation I was in. A real friend. I will miss her dearly. My condolences to her family.

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