Submitted by: Dan Rich
Arlene Frances Quigley
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.