A visitation will be held from 3pm to 5pm Thursday, October 4, 2012. A Funeral Service will be held 2pm Friday, October 5, 2012 at Boynton Memorial Chapel, Boynton Beach. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches, the Shriner's Children's Hospital or to the First United Methodist Church of Boynton Beach. Mr. Quinette was born December 12, 1918 in Wilkinsburg, PA, to his parents Edward W. Quinette and Viola R. McGilvray Quinette. He died October 2, 2012, in Boynton Beach, FL. Mr. Quinette owned and operated the W. C. Quinette Boat Docks and the Somerfield Marine Company in Somerset County, PA, before retiring to Florida. He became a 32nd degree Mason on November 24, 1946, and was a Charter member of the Boynton Beach Square Club.
Mr. Quinette was preceded in death by his wife Hazel Baumgartel Quinette and is survived by his son E. William Quinette, Add., of Boynton Beach, FL; his grandson David K. Quinette and wife Sharon of Boynton Beach, FL; his granddaughter Pamela S. Kasten of Spring Hill, FL.; his great-grandson Ethan W. Kasten; his sister Helen Q. Boldt of Tallahassee, FL; and his brother Richard T. Quinette of Ligonier, PA. He was also preceded in death by his brothers Edward W. Quinette and Col. Charles F. Quinette.
Mr. Quinette's final resting place will be in Addison Cemetery, Addison, PA. Those who wish may make contributions to the Shiners' Children's Hospital in your area or the Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches or the United Methodist Church in Addison, PA, in his memory.