Virginia Gertrude Quell (nee Goltz), age 100, died November 20, 2021. Beloved wife of Bernard. Dearest Mother of Thomas (Elizabeth), Rosemary (Frank) Defever, Jerome (Donna) and James (Patrice). Dear Grandmother of 12 grandchildren – Kristy, Tim, Beth, Jeff, Patrick, Carrie, Michael, Robert, Eric, Steven, Courtney and Rachel. Great Grandmother of 20. Loving sister to predeceased, William, Harvey and Robert Goltz. Virginia graduated from St. Catherine High School in Detroit in 1939 and then attended St. Mary’s Secretarial School. She married Bernard Quell on November 6, 1946 and was married for 69 years before his death on February 26, 2016. She was an executive secretary at Children’s Hospital in Detroit for many years. She lived in St. Clair Shores for 66 years. In lieu of flowers, donations preferred to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen or St. Vincent DePaul (St Lucy).
Funeral Saturday November 27, 2021, in state at 10:00 a.m. and Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. at St. Lucy Catholic Church, 23401 Jefferson Avenue , St. Clair Shores, 48080.
To live stream the mass please visit www.stlucychurch.com
Arrangements entrusted to Kaul Funeral Home St. Clair Shores Chapel.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.kaul-fh.com for the Quell family.
