Kerrigan Quicker

1970 - 2021

(News story) Kerrigan Quicker, 51, a bank and financial services executive known for deftly connecting others to the resources they sought, died Tuesday in ProMedica Toledo Hospital.

He was in Wildwood Preserve Metropark on a run with the St. Ursula Academy cross country team when he collapsed and could not be revived, his wife said. An autopsy revealed heart disease, said Dr. Diane Scala-Barnett, the Lucas County coroner.

Mr. Quicker's goal was to accompany the team on runs this summer and help with coaching in the fall, when daughter Kylee, 15, will be a sophomore and daughter Anna, 14, will be a freshman. Both daughters were on the run Tuesday.

"He got to live that moment. We thought there would be more moments like that," his wife said.

On Wednesday, Kylee ran as a member of the St. Ursula relay team in the regional meet at Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst, Ohio. Teammates and rivals alike showed their support of Kylee.

"It was never a question of whether to run, because she knew her dad would want her to," said his wife, who was in attendance.

And in their condolences, friends and associates have shared their bond with Mr. Quicker.

"I'm still learning things about Kerrigan I never knew. He touched so many people. I find so much comfort in that," his wife said.

Mr. Quicker in March, 2020, was named vice president of sales for Wheeler Financial, a Pitney Bowes subsidiary. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, he largely worked from home.

His 16 years in commercial finance and lending and business development included experience at Fifth Third Bank, where Mr. Quicker became a vice president of commercial lending, the position he also held at FirstMerit Bank. Afterward, he was senior vice president and senior commercial lending officer at Resolute Bank of Maumee.

Joel and Staci Cook in 2017 hoped to buy Fast Lane Auto Care in Maumee, but needed financing. Big-name banks offered the couple a runaround, Mr. Cook said. Mr. Quicker invited the couple to Resolute Bank and saw their paperwork through.

"He was on top of it. I'm indebted to him and always will be," said Mr. Cook, co-owner with his wife of Fast Lane. "He would make jokes and was laughing. He wanted to bring out the best and make people smile.

"He listened to our desires to own a business. He made this dream happen for us."

Mr. Quicker - known as KQ to many - began his career in sales with his father's firm, Toledo Industrial Maintenance Supply.

"Every time I think of Kerrigan, his absolute best quality was he was a connector," his wife said. "If he knew you needed something, he would put you in contact with someone you could trust. He found so much joy in that."

He was born April 8, 1970, to Crystal Britton Quicker and Bruce Quicker. He was a 1988 graduate of St. John's Jesuit High School, then received a bachelor's degree in political science from Western Michigan University, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Family and friends prized the products of his grill-tending, and he honed his technique through research in rubs and sauces.

"He was a great griller, just the kind of guy you want to hang out with and want your kids to hang out with," said Steve Harms, a South Toledo neighbor and friend the last 15 years.

Surviving Mr. Quicker are his wife, the former Melanie Perz, whom he married April 26, 2003; daughters, Kylee and Anna Quicker; father, Bruce Quicker, and sisters, Katrina Quicker and Kim Post.

Visitation will be 2-8 p.m. Friday at the Walker Funeral Home in Sylvania Township, with plans for a 7 p.m. bonfire around which memories will be shared.

Funeral services are to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church, Sylvania.

The family suggests tributes to St. Ursula Academy or St. John's Jesuit High School.

This is a news story by Mark Zaborney. Contact him at mzaborney@theblade.com.