Delmar E. Quickel, 93, of Cheshire, passed away Friday evening, Feb. 22, 2008, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va.
A World War II Army veteran, he was a retired heavy construction painter. In addition, he was a 1934 graduate of Vinton High School; a lifetime member of the Vinton Masonic Lodge No. 131; a 50-year member of the Indian Consistory No. 2 Scottish Rite, McAlester, Okla.; and attended the Addison Freewill Baptist Church at Addison.
Delmar was born Nov. 17, 1914, in Columbus, son of the late William Curtis Quickel and Pluma M. Denney Quickel.
He married Hilda Nibert on Nov. 9, 1950, in Gallipolis, and she survives.
Also surviving are son, Michael R (Beverly) Quickel of Waverly, Tenn.; daughter, Donna K. (Col. Bill, ret.) Smith of Tampa, Fla.; son, William C. "Bill" (Lesa) Quickel of Pomeroy; stepson, Robert (Hazel) Chrisemer of Gallipolis; brother-in-law, Fred Greenlee of Avon Park, Fla.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Max Quickel; and four sisters, Reah Hutton, Vera Hutton, Clelia Rinehart and Mildred Greenlee.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel in Gallipolis, with the Rev. Richard Barcus officiating. Burial follow be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, from 4 to 8 p.m., where Masonic services will be held at 7:45 p.m. Monday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may sent to the Addison Freewill Baptist Church, 210 Addison Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.
