HUDSON FALLS – Thomas “Tom” Quigley, 69, of John Street, passed away unexpectedly, surrounded by his loving family, at the Glens Falls Hospital, on Sunday, June 17, 2018.
Born on February 18, 1949, in Amsterdam, he was the son of the late William and Eleanor (Aiken) Quigley.
Tom graduated from Bishop Scully High School in Amsterdam and then continued his education at State University of New York at Albany, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in English.
On September 2, 1978, he married his best friend, Barbara Bechand in Watervliet. Together they shared 39 wonderful years.
Tom had a mind like a steel trap, he remembered movies from 1930 to the present and was a true movie buff. He loved watching movies throughout his life and in his earlier years, he reviewed movies for Kite Magazine. From 1983 to 2012, he took that love and worked for Tribune Media as a T.V. Editor, reviewing movies. Tom was a wordsmith, he was known as being a master of words. Tom also loved debating politics and always felt he was right, no matter what. He was the Quigley family historian, who loved to tell great family stories to anyone that would listen.
The highlight of his life was being an extra in the movie “The Way We Were”, sitting between Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in a classroom scene.
Tom was a great lover of animals, at one point he had 16 cats and knew the names and habits of each one.
In addition to his parents, Tom was predeceased by his daughter, Aimee Marie Quigley.
He is survived by his loving and patient wife, Barbara Quigley of Hudson Falls; his daughter, Susan Quigley-Clum and her husband, Casey of Hudson Falls; his siblings, Mike Quigley and his wife, Kathy of Ballston Spa and Kathy Quigley-Grant and her husband, Tim of Amsterdam; his brothers in law, Steven Ginquitti and his wife, Judith of Liverpool and Roy Bechand and his wife, Beth of Wynantskill; three nephews, Ben Bechand, Sam Bechand and Chris Quigley; and one niece, Jessie Sellingham.
Friends may call on Thursday, June 21, 2018, from 11 to 1 p.m. at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.
Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. on Thursday, at the funeral home, with Rev. Thomas Babiuch, officiating.
The Rite of Committal will follow at Union Cemetery in the town of Fort Edward.
Memorial donations may be sent to the SPCA of Upstate New York, 588 Queensbury Ave, Queensbury, NY 12804.