Jay Quintana

JAY MICHAEL QUINTANA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME IN FORT WORTH ON
11/11/2021.

BORN THE MIDDLE CHILD OF FRED J. AND ROSEMARY R. QUINTANA, IN MARION,
INDIANA, ON 09/12/1958, JAY GREW UP IN BROWNSVILLE, TX. HE GRADUATED H.S.
FROM ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY IN 1976. AT ST. JOSEPH'S , JAY EXCELLED IN ACADEMICS AS AN HONOR STUDENT AND IN LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. HE LETTERED IN SWIMMING, WITH MULTIPLE ALLSTATE, ALL REGION HONORS AND STATE
TITLES TO HIS CREDIT. HE ATTENDED MIDLAND COLLEGE FROM 1976 TO 1978, ON A
FULL SWIMMING SCHOLARSHIP, COMPETING IN NATIONAL, STATE AND REGIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS, WINNING SEVERAL NATIONAL TITLES. HE GAINED ANOTHER
SWIMMING SCHOLARSHIP TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IN 1978, WHERE HE
COMPETED BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. HE FINALIZED HIS COLLEGE
CAREER AT SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDYING
PHARMACOLOGY.

FROM 1982 TO HIS SEMI-RETIREMENT IN 2021, HE WORKED IN THE HOSPITALITY AND
FOOD INDUSTRY. HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDED FUDDRUCKERS, SPAGHETTI
WAREHOUSE, LANDRY'S GROUP, AND QDOBA, TO NAME A FEW. HE OPENED HIS OWN
RESTAURANT, TORTILLA'S, IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI WITH HIS WIFE, SANDE. HIS
WORK INCLUDED TRAVEL TO ALL PARTS OF THE U.S.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, W.H. AND RUBY C.
ROBINS; PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, MELICIO AND MARY QUINTANA; PARENTS, FRED
J. AND ROSEMARY R. QUINTANA, PATERNAL AUNTS BEATRICE QUINTANA SANBRANO
AND BETTY JANE QUINTANA TAYLOR; PATERNAL UNCLES RAYMOND, EMANUAL, AND
WILLIAM QUINTANA; AND MATERNAL AUNT BILLIE MARIE ROBINS MINER.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 25 YEARS, SANDE BROWN QUINTANA, SON TC QUINTANA AND DAUGHTER KYLIE S. QUINTANA, BOTH OF FORT WORTH, TX.; HIS
DAUGHTER SARAH M. QUINTANA AND SON PETER J. QUINTANA, BOTH OF NEW YORK;
SISTERS KATHY JANE QUINTANA OF ARLINGTON, TX; JUDY QUINTANA DUNSON
(THOMAS) OF LAGO VISTA, TEXAS, NEPHEWS JOEL AND TYLER DUNSON OF AUSTIN,
TEXAS AND BROTHER IN LAW TERRELL BROWN AND HIS SON, TREY, OF FLORIDA;
PATERNAL UNCLES DAVID (DOLORES) AND ROBERT QUINTANA; PATERNAL AUNT LETA
QUINTANA WEATHERSBY; MATERNAL UNCLE W.H. ROBINS (DEANNE); MATERNAL AUNT,
JUANITA RHEA ROBINS BURNS; AND NUMEROUS LOVING COUSINS AND LIFELONG
FRIENDS.

A MEMORIAL RECEPTION WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 13, 2021 FROM 3:30PM TO 6:30 PM AT THE LOST OAK WINERY IN BURLESON.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, AND TO HONOR JAY, THE FAMILY HAS REQUESTED THAT YOU
PLEASE MAKE MEMORIALS TO:

FRED JAMES AND ROSEMARY R. QUINTANA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
C/O BARTLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ATTENTION: SARAH VERMEER
P.O. BOX 1357----BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74005----(918) 336-3311.