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Joseph Quadt Obituary
January 23, 1936 - January 7, 2020
Beloved husband of Gayle Quadt, loving father to John Quadt (Kim), Wendy Goeking (Karl), Kelly Waggoner (Bill), Leisa Port, Victoria Shannon (Guy), grandfather to 12 and great-grandfather to 11.Joseph touched many of lives with his positive outlook, his spirit and his sense of humor. Joseph was born in San Francisco and for high school, he graduated from Burlingame High School and then attended the College of San Mateo. He then went on and served in the United States Marine Corps with an Honorable discharge. After serving in the Marines, Joseph was a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for San Mateo County and then went and had 43 years of honored service as the Deputy Fire Chief for the Town of Hillsborough. Joseph also served on the board of the American Red Cross for several years.
Family and friends are invited to a Funeral Mass on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame, Ca and following the Funeral Mass.
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Leisa Quadt
January 7, 2021
Well Dad i am finally leaving my thoughts. You passed a year ago, and now I can acknowledge your passing. First off, thank you for sharing your passion for the training of others. It meant so much to have you pin my Deputy badge on in 1983, your love of celebrating the 4th of July, teaching me how to shoot, and many more. If I did not have Covid, I would have been at the funeral. So just know I will always remember the good times and I did love you B23 ❤
Don Lloyd
June 9, 2020
I was lucky enough to see Joe last year! He was a sweetheart of a guy and would do anything for anyone if they needed help. They don't make em like this man anymore. Hope to see you some day my friend!
January 20, 2020
I remember Joe as a man who had a great devotion to the fire service. His devotion to the service probably influenced his son and grandson to become firefighters. I am a retired fire captain with Cal Fire and we went on many incidents together and we always had a great working relationship.
Emmet Monahan, San Francisco
john Dellinges
January 18, 2020
Chief joe Quadt not only loved his fire department and was a great friend and fellow officer but he loved the SanFrancisco Fire Department alot seeing working fires in the Big City telling stories and asking me questions about the City.Joe and I worked on the Arson team and we both learned alot over the years,I will miss Big JOE.
January 15, 2020
At dinner one year Joe asked me the places for the utensils..I told him. from then on I was Emily as in Emily Post..I loved it..always delightful and fun Joe was well respected and loved by all..Emily and I will miss him always. Thanks for being such an awesome friend. Emily aka Allene Ball
David Meghinasso
January 13, 2020
My experiences with Joe were all top of the line. He was fire dept all the way. And He was always was happy to see you and share good feelings.
God rest you
Marc Kasper
January 12, 2020
It was a great pleasure and experience to work with Joe in the Hillsborough Fire Department. He was a great leader, a gentleman, and could get anyone laughing at a moments notice. I will always remember when he gave a speech in an auditorium without a script, and got a standing ovation from a few hundred people. We were lucky to have him in the HFD. May he Rest In Peace.
Janice Lamphier
January 12, 2020
Joe Quadt was a supporter and friend of the Peninsula Fire Buff Club and specifically to Dave and me for the 23 years we did canteen service at fire incidents. He came to every Annual Dinner put on by the Buffs, was the life of the party, and shared his love of the fire service with us. The Hillsborough Fire Department is no more but Joe's spirit lives on.
Jan Lamphier (Fire Support 23)
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