BOMBER MEMORIAL

EDWIN JAMES "ED" QUIGLEY ^JR ~ Class of 1962
August 2, 1944 - July 12, 2021



Edwin James Quigley ^Jr was born in Richland on August 2, 1944 and died in Tacoma on July 12, 2021.

He was the first child of Edwin J. Quigley ^Sr and Edith Vaughn Quigley. Ed was the first baby born in Kadlec Hospital which was built for the Manhattan Project. The hospital didn't have any cribs, so Ed slept in a drawer the first few days of his life.

Ed graduated from Columbia High School (now Richland High School) in 1962. He attended WSU for one year and then transferred to the University of Puget Sound.

In 1964 he bought a small cabin on Salmon Beach in Tacoma. He fell in love with the beach and lived there until the time of his death. The original bill of sale was on a napkin, which he still had.

When Ed moved to Salmon Beach there were only two or three other people living there full-time, most of the cabins were weekend and summer get-a-ways. One reason for that was that there were (and still are) over 200 steps down from the parking lot to the houses on the beach.

Ed was very active in the Salmon Beach community and had many good friends there. Ed loved playing guitars, and his vocation was teaching guitar. He taught for many years at Ted Brown Music in Tacoma, and many of his students and fellow workers became lifelong friends.

In the early 2000's Ed became interested in digital photography and became an excellent photographer. He took many photographic safaris to Hawaii, Alaska, the Oregon coast, Glacier National Park, Arizona and Utah. Several of these trips were with his sister and brother-in-law.

At the time of his passing Ed had trips to Iceland and Yosemite scheduled.

Ed married and divorced twice.

He was preceded in death by his parents. Ed is survived by his sister, Elaine Quigley Davis ('67) (Charles) of Richland; his Godson, Craig Maxwell (Cayenne and son, William); and many friends and co-workers.

Because of the resurgence of COVID a celebration of Ed's life will be held at a later date.

Smart Cremation in Tacoma was in charge of the arrangements.

Published in the Tri-City Herald from September 11 - September 12, 2021.

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Bomber Memorial put together by Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66).