Quentin R. Boston

FORT MILL, S.C. — Mr. Quentin Roosevelt Boston, 81, of Fort Mill, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at his granddaughter's home after a short illness, surrounded by family and friends.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Virginia (Beem) Boston; their children, Rhonda Mandato of Dover, N.H., Lynn Boston of Revere Beach, Mass., Pamela Wright and husband Phil of Norfolk, Va., and their sons Nick and Adam, Christopher and Norma Boston of Rennsaelear, N.Y., and daughters Nikki, Brandy and Barbara, son-in-law Russell Herbert Frye II; grandson Russell Herbert III; granddaughters Wendy and husband David Fanta of Fort Mill, Meagan Tribunella of Webster, N.Y., Susan Candiloro of New York, Mary and Ronald and Ronnie Romano of Webster, N.Y.; his great-grandchildren, Rebecca and Reed of Fort Mill, and Cameron Wyatt Tribunella of Colorado; two special nieces, Eileen Williams of Barrington, N.H., and Rosalie Patch of East Barnsted, N.H.; and his beloved dog, Chloe.

WE REMEMBER: He was born in Eliot, Maine, the son of the late Almon and Florence Pearl Hooper Boston. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Lisa Boston Frye in 2001, and his son, David Quentin Boston in 1981; and 10 siblings, Elijah, Richard, Adrian, Morris, Elsie, Phyllis, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Florence and Robert.

He lived in South Berwick most of his life, except for the years he spent overseas during World War II, where he proudly served in the Merchant Marines and in the Army Service Forces. He attended school at the one-room schoolhouse on Emory's Bridge with his brothers and sisters and later at Berwick Academy. "QB" was a volunteer firefighter for the town of South Berwick for many years and was a friend to many. He retired from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 1984 after 15 years of service.

He and his wife, Virginia, retired to the Villages in Lady Lake, Fla., in 1987, where they had lived happily for the past 21 years. He was a staunch Republican who enjoyed golf, reading detective novels, doing crossword puzzles and their visits back to South Berwick to see friends and family. After a recent illness, they moved to their granddaughter Wendy's home in Fort Mill.

SERVICES: Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the First Parish Federated Church, 150 Main St. (corner of Main Street and Academy Street), South Berwick, Maine, with the Rev. Donna Lee Muise officiating. Burial will be private at Woodlawn Cemetery the following day. The family will receive friends at the church following the memorial service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 535 Hollis Lake Road, Rock Hill, S.C. 29732. The Greene Funeral Home Northwest Chapel, 2133 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill, S.C., is serving the Boston family. Condolences may be made online to www.greenefuneralhome.net.