John G. Quinby, age 78, of Port Jervis, N.Y. passed away Wednesday October 21, 2009 at the Orange Regional Medical Center, Horton Campus, Middletown, N.Y.

He was born  on January 24, 1931 in New York City, NY, the son of the late John and Jane Gillespie Quinby.  John proudly served our country during the Korean War with the U.S. Marines.  He was an excellent piano tuner and retired owner of John’s Piano as a Baldwin Dealer, in Walden, N.Y.  He also retired as a deputy sheriff from the Orange County Sheriff’s Deptartment, Goshen, N.Y.

John married Barbara Lynne Shoenthal Quinby, who survives at home.  He is also survived by his five daughters, Lisa Tallman and her husband Michael of Honesdale, Pa., Stephanie Ann Quinby of Chester, Va. Deborah Anne  Jones and her husband  Rev. Andrew Jones of Port Jervis, Nancy Lynne McCarthy and her companion Alex of Easton, Pa. and Sandra Louise Kraich and her husband Chris of New Hampton, N.Y; two sons Michael Sean Quinby and his wife Karen of  Cleveland, Ohio, and Mark George Quinby and his wife Lisa of Pinellas Park, Fla., his sister MaryJane Faust of Niagara Falls, Canada, 15 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Private visitation and services will be held at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 E.  Main St., Port Jervis, N.Y.  Rev. Andrew Jones will officiate.  Private interment will take place at the Orange County Veterans Cemetery, Goshen, N.Y. Memorial donations may be made to the New York Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10016-5337 or to the American Diabetes Assoc, 333 7th Ave, NY, NY  1001-5084.  Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. For information or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com