Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Arlene Frances Quigley

Nov. 3, 1919 - Nov. 18, 2007

 

South Bend Tribune 11/20/2007
SOUTH BEND - Arlene Frances Quigley, 87, of South Bend, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007, at 3:45 a.m. in Dujarie House at Holy Cross Village. Arlene was born on November 3, 1919, in Springfield, Mass., to the late Harold and Anna Rose.

 

On March 25, 1940, in Roxbury, Mass., she married Arthur Quigley, who passed away on December 12, 2000, and was a professor in electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame. They moved here from Boston in 1939. She was a homemaker. Surviving are three daughters, Kathleen (David) Sullivan of Winterset, Iowa, Patricia Bodnar of Dayton, Ohio, and Mary (Ted) Price of Grapevine, Texas; a sister, June Hunsicker of Morgan Hill, Calif.; nine grandchildren, seven grandchildren-in-laws and 12 great-grandchildren. A son, A. Joseph Quigley Jr., passed away in 1997.

 

Mrs. Quigley was very involved in the St. Joseph Parish Community including The Altar Society and Parish Council, she was a Eucharistic Minister and was active in the St. Joe Grade School PTA. She was also a member of the National Council of Catholic Women, the South Bend Area Council of Catholic Women, United Religious Community, Christian Family Movement and National Right to Life. She was a founding member and active volunteer at the Northeast Neighborhood Council where she served as secretary as well as the Robinson Learning Center. Arlene also volunteered at the United Religious Community, Boy Scouts of America and Camp Fire Girls. She had received several awards for her service including: The St. Anne & Charlotte Joy Farnswath, the National Right to Life award and the Edward "Monk" Malloy award from the Robinson Learning Center.

 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Friday in St. Joseph Catholic Church, corner of Hill & LaSalle in South Bend, Rev. John DeRiso, CSC, pastor, officiating. Friends may call on Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. in McGann Hay Funerals / Cremations / Gatherings, University Chapel, 2313 E. Edison Road, at Ironwood where the parish will pray the Rosary at 3:30 p.m. Memorial donations in Arlene's honor may be made to The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or to the Right to Life.