CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Raymond R. Quirion was called to his eternal home during the early morning hours of Saturday, March 26, 2022.

He was born in Winslow on May 24, 1924, the second of six children, to Josephat and Anna (Veilleux) Quirion.

He leaves his beloved wife of 75 years, Lillian (Tardiff) Quirion.

He is survived by his daughter, Rose Marie Cole of Duxbury, Mass., son, Joseph Quirion of Chesapeake, Va.; granddaughter, Lauren Quirion Molina and her husband Bernard of Atlanta, Ga., grandson, Christopher Cole of Los Angeles; sister, Colette Lachance and her husband Roland, and sister-in-law, Jeffreen Quirion of Winslow.

He was predeceased by his infant son, Raymond, in 1949, and his son, James, in 2003; three brothers, Robert, Gerard and Norman and one sister, Viola.

Ray proudly and bravely served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, earning the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in the sinking of the destroyer USS Lansdale in the Mediterranean Sea on April 20, 1944. He recovered enough to serve again aboard the USS Shannon, and was in Nagasaki two weeks after the second atomic bomb before heading home to civilian life.

He and Lillian owned and operated a small grocery store in Winslow called the Summer Street Market for about a year. Subsequently, Ray worked as a butcher and meat department manager for First National Stores in Portland, and Rochester, N.H. His customers adored him! He eventually became employed by the USDA as a federal meat inspector, where he was very well respected.

Ray was involved in youth baseball as a coach beginning when his sons were in Little League all the way through high school and Legion ball. He was also responsible for his daughter’s lifelong love of the Boston Red Sox! Ray was a quiet, kind and generous man, always ready to do a good deed. An expert carpenter and all around handyman, he helped his kids with numerous home repair and building projects.

Ray and Lil retired to West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. in the 1980s. At the time of his death, he and his wife had been living with and cared for by their son, Joe, in Chesapeake, Va. for 15 years.

A private funeral Mass was celebrated by Father Dan Klem on April 1. The family is forever grateful to him. Raymond’s ashes will be buried on a later date in Arlington National Cemetery.

He will be deeply missed.

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