John Joseph McQuiston
1927 - 2016 (89 years)
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Name John Joseph McQuiston Birth 5 Aug 1927 St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota 
[1] Gender Male Death 20 Nov 2016 St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota [1] - Obituary
John McQuiston, age 89 of St. Paul Park, passed away Nov. 20, 2016 at United Hospital in St. Paul.
Funeral will be 11 am, Monday, December 5, 2016 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 920 Holley Ave., St. Paul Park, MN with visitation one hour prior. Interment will be in the Resurrection Cemetery.
John Joseph McQuiston was born August 5, 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Joseph and Marjorie (Watson) McQuiston. He grew up in St. Paul and attended Cretin High School and graduated in 1945. He worked at Swift and the stock yards in South St. Paul and did some roofing before taking a position with the State of Minnesota in the Department of Agriculture. He served as a supervisor of livestock weighers throughout the State of Minnesota for many years until his retirement at the age of 84.
John enjoyed hunting, fishing and doing wood working projects in the basement. The family did a lot of camping and in his younger years he converted an old school bus into a camper to keep the whole crew together. John loved animals and through the years they raised airedale terriers, chickens, pheasants and rabbits.
He is survived by his wife Alice; 3 children, Linda Gorka, Tom McQuiston and Cynthia (Fernando) Fiarillo
5 step children, David (Vicki) Stringer, Debra (Douglas) Videen, Sheila Feesl, Cindy Wegmann, Kim Stringer; 17 grandchildren as well as several great-grandchildren.
Burial 5 Dec 2016 Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota [1] Person ID I34207 Family Last Modified 6 Oct 2022
Father Joseph John McQuiston, b. 14 Feb 1894, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota d. 6 Dec 1957, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 63 years) Mother Marjorie Jane Watson, b. 29 Jun 1902, Minnesota d. 28 Apr 1982, Anoka County, Minnesota (Age 79 years) Marriage Abt 1924 [2] Family ID F12019 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Unknown Children 1. Linda McQuiston 2. Tom McQuiston 3. Cynthia McQuiston Family ID F12020 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Oct 2024
Family 2 Alice Lorraine Price, b. 19 Nov 1937, Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin d. 3 Oct 2022, Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota (Age 84 years) Family ID F12018 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Oct 2024
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Sources - [S3775] Funeral Net - Kok, 28 November 2016; John McQuiston.
- [S3776] 1930 Census for Ramsey County, Minnesota, 71; p. 32A, line 32; dwelling 286, family 383; Joseph J. McQueston; 28 November 2016.
Year: 1930; Census Place: St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: 1118; Page: 32A; Enumeration District: 0071; Image: 415.0; FHL microfilm: 2340853
- [S3775] Funeral Net - Kok, 28 November 2016; John McQuiston.