Remembrance of Terry Quinn
on Friday January 30, 2004 11:40AM
Terry Quinn passed away last weekend. Terry was my friend and I will miss him very much. I met Terry though the Richmond Triumph Club and I was immediately attracted to his zest for life. Terry was the type of guy who was always upbeat and always greeted friends with a boisterous hello young fellow!!
Terry was an institutional equity trader at Davenport Company, an occupation that was especially fitting for him as he was always trying to get in the middle of things and find out where the true market was. He bought and sold several cars while I knew him and had a knack for finding car parts (which are frequently hard to find for our ancient little British cars!).
It was only after I knew him for sometime that I learned that he too was passionate about sailing, and that he had a love for boats and the water equal to or better than my own. I believe he was happiest on his boat. Frequently, we would drive around boat yards in the area to just look at boats and see what boats were for sale or what types of projects people were doing on their boats. Terry loved his boat and our yacht club. When I mentioned that I was interested in joining the club, he immediately volunteered to sponsor me for membership. He told me several times that he loved watching Junior week and that he wished he could rent a grandkid just to have them participate in that event.
I found myself smiling whenever I was around Terry. When I think about that and why that was the case, it wasnt just because he usually was full of corny jokes, it was because of his outlook on life and the fact that I knew he was interested in people. He made people around him forget whatever trivial problems they were faced with and focus on the moment. Perhaps thats why I wasnt expecting him to go so soon. I thought Id be able to take him to look at the boatyards this spring and maybe even take him out for a sail. Goodbye Terry, may you rest in peace.