Gilbert Charles Quinton Obituary (1929

Gilbert C. Quinton, 92, of Monroe Township passed into God's loving arms surrounded by his priest and family on Saturday, February 12th. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Technical High School, Class of 1948, he owned a butcher shop with his partner, Peter Castro for many years. He retired to New Jersey in 1996 moving first to Califon and then Belvidere before moving to the Concordia community in 2018. Gil was a man of faith and a member of St David's Episcopal Church, Cranbury, NJ. He was a cradle Episcopalian who served in multiple leadership roles in every parish he belonged to, even joining the choir for this most recent Christmas season. Gil was predeceased by his first wife Dorothy (Williams) who passed in 1974, and his second wife Josephine (Tuminaro) who passed in 2019. He was also predeceased by his sister Margaret Cull and nephew Christopher Cull. Gil was devoted to his family and is survived by his children: Gilbert J Quinton and his wife Camille of Pennington, NJ, Debra Sigismondo and her husband Angelo of Port Charlotte, Fl, Victoria Quinton and her husband Steven Swiss of Westbury, NY and stepchildren Laura Cianci and Stephen Tuminaro. He was blessed with 8 grandchildren: Michael and Vincent Sigismondo and their wives Danielle and Rita, Gilbert P Quinton, Penelope Quinton, William Swiss, Christopher Cianci and his wife Francesca, Rosemarie Tuminaro and Courtney Jo Tuminaro and great grandchildren Nicholas and Gabriella Sigismondo, Steven Douglas Tuminaro and Luca Anthony Cianci. The funeral will begin 10:30 a.m. Wednesday February 16th at the Lester Memorial Home 16 W. Church St., Jamesburg followed by an 11:30 a.m. service at St David's Episcopal Church, 90 S Main Street, Cranbury. Burial will be in St James Cemetery, Monroe Township. Visiting hours for family and friends will be Tuesday 4-8 p.m. and Wednesday 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations in the name of Mr. Quinton may be made to either St David's Episcopal Church, 90 South Main Street, Cranbury NJ 08512 or Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at www.mskcc.org or the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org. The family requests that those who attend the visitation at the funeral home, please wear a face mask for the safety of all.