John “Jack” F. Quinn, Jr., 87

East Providence, R.I.

Jack passed away peacefully on March 8, 2021. He was born in Pawtucket, R.I. to the late Dolores D. (Cotnoir) Quinn and former mayor of that city (’34-’37), John F. Quinn. Jack attended Providence Country Day School, graduated from Admiral Billard Academy in New London, Conn., Brown University in 1959, and attended three semesters of MFA level novel and screenplay workshops. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, worked for 20 years in executive capacities in Boston and Providence ad agencies before founding his own direct marketing firm in 1980.

Jack was an avid distance sailor. He cruised Maine, Lake Michigan, La Cote d’Azure, and during his retirement, the U.S. and Canadian east coasts from the Florida Keys, Bahamas, Nova Scotia, Saint-Pierre, Cape Breton, Les Iles de la Madeline, Newfoundland to Labrador. A prolific writer since his teens, Jack published four eBook novels and received an option for a screenplay from an independent Hollywood producer. He was predeceased by his son, Teague, his brothers, Thomas and Richard (Jean) of Indianapolis, and is survived by his sisters, Dolores and Patricia (Richard) Stack, in addition to numerous nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces.