Gradon Louis McQuiston[1]
1929 - 2023 (93 years)
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Name Gradon Louis McQuiston Born 19 Aug 1929 Rochester, Monroe County, New York 
[2] Gender Male Died 22 Jun 2023 Monroe, Ouachita County, Louisiana [2] - Gradon McQuiston Obituary
Funeral service for Mr. Gradon Louis McQuiston, 93, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 9:00 A.M. Monday, June 26, 2023, at New Light Baptist Church with Rev. Lindle Stewart officiating. Interment will follow in New Light Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the funeral home.
Mr. McQuiston was born on August 19, 1929, in Rochester, NY, and passed away on June 22, 2023, in Monroe. He was a Marine Corps Veteran of the Korean War. Mr. McQuiston was a member of New Light Baptist Church but had been attending Lea Joyner Memorial Methodist Church for the past several years. He retired as the Director of Mail Processing for the US Postal Service. After retirement he enjoyed lots of golf, hunting, fishing, and growing orchids. Mr. McQuiston was preceded in death by his wife, Jean McQuiston; son, Paul Arthur McQuiston; and his parents, Louis and Nellie McQuiston.
Survivors include his son, Gradon Michael McQuiston; daughter, Ellen Pitt (Randy), grandson, Kirk McQuiston; granddaughters, Erin McQuiston (Matt Schroyer), Megan Wills (Randy), Grace Traweek (Zack), and Madeline Pitt (Jack Cockrum); siblings, Richard McQuiston (Kathy), Fred McQuiston (Carole), and Van McQuiston (Judy); as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family members.
Pallbearers will be John Crockett, Marshall English, Kenny Killian, Trent Temples, Trey Temples, and Jason Wilson.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to the nursing staff at Azalea Estates for their love and compassionate care of Mr. McQuiston.
Memorials may be made to New Light Baptist Church or to Lea Joyner Memorial Methodist Church.
Buried 26 Jun 2023 Logtown, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana [2] Person ID I7415 Family Last Modified 28 Jun 2023
Father Louis Kirkpatrick McQuiston, b. 12 Jul 1907, Crossett, Ashley County, Arkansas , d. 19 Jun 1991, Monroe, Ouachita County, Louisiana (Age 83 years) Mother Nellie Grace Vanderzell, b. 26 Feb 1908, Williamson, New York , d. 1 Jan 1991 (Age 82 years) Married 1 Jan 1929 Rochester, Monroe County, New York [3] Family ID F2236 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Celia Jean Humphries, b. 9 Dec 1934, Kelly, Caldwell County, Louisiana , d. 12 Nov 2022, Monroe, Ouachita County, Louisiana (Age 87 years) Married 30 Jun 1953 Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi Children 1. Gradon Michael McQuiston 2. Paul Arthur McQuiston 3. Sarah Ellen McQuiston Last Modified 30 May 2024 Family ID F2445 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 19 Aug 1929 - Rochester, Monroe County, New York 
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Gradon Louis McQuiston (1929 - 2023)
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Notes - Gradon wrote, "My grandfather, John Alexander, had a brother--Tom, who was believed dead. He left his home is Pennsylvania at an early age, and was not heard from for about fifty years. John Alexander found his brother in Plaquemine, Louisiana, in the late 1920's--
Tom is now dead, but he left a large family in Plaquemine, Louisiana.
- Gradon wrote, "My grandfather, John Alexander, had a brother--Tom, who was believed dead. He left his home is Pennsylvania at an early age, and was not heard from for about fifty years. John Alexander found his brother in Plaquemine, Louisiana, in the late 1920's--
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