Dorothy E. (Downs) Quinn, 96, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019 peacefully at Calvary Fellowship Homes where she resided for the past five years. Dorothy was born in Rutherford, NJ on March 29, 1923 to Richard C. Downs and Dorothy F. Denton-Cardeau. She was raised by her father and her step-mother Katherine Leddy Downs after her mother passed. She married Arthur J. Quinn on 11/9/47 whom she shared 62 years of marriage at the time of his death in 2007.

Dorothy, Art and her children lived in Syracuse, NY until 1963 and lived her remaining years with her family in Lancaster.

Dot worked at St. Anne's Catholic Church and then St. John Neumann until she retired. If you asked her one thing she would want to be remembered for it was her famous banana bread.

Dot, Mom or Nana is survived by her six children, Dorothy Horst (Robert), Barbara Gilland (late Robert), Margaret Anspach (Dennis), Patricia Heckman (Ted), Arthur Quinn (Carol), and Richard Quinn; 15 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren. Also surviving is her sister, Rose Miller and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the staff at Calvary Fellowship Homes for the exceptional and loving care they gave their mom during her time there.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, June 13, 2019 at St. John Neumann Catholic Church , 601 E. Delp Rd, Lancaster, PA with visitation from 10-11AM and the Mass to follow at 11AM. Interment will be at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery . In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Dot's memory to Calvary Fellowship Homes Benevolent Fund , 502 Elizabeth Dr, Lancaster, PA 17601. Arrangements entrusted to Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz, PA 17543 717-560-5100