Jean Carol Quinlan Steele

Jean Carol Quinlan Steele, of Bushkill, passed away at age 87, on Thursday, August 8, 2024 at the Lehigh

Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg Campus.  She was the loving wife of Raymond A. Steele and they were happily

married for 68 years.

Jean was born in East Stroudsburg on August 21, 1936 to the late Frank and Edith (Fetherman) Quinlan. She

was one of two daughters and was preceded in death by her sister Frances Quinlan Adelmann.

Jean was a lifetime resident of Monroe and Pike Counties and played an active role in supporting the

community. She was a member of the Church of Saint John, East Stroudsburg, where she played the organ

and piano for many years.  She was also a volunteer for the Bushkill Outreach Program. In her younger years,

Jean was a Girl Scout Leader and also played the organ at the Church of Saint Matthew, East Stroudsburg. She

could always be counted on to lend a helping hand to anyone in need, with a smile on her face.

Jean worked for some time as a teller at the former Monroe Security Bank. She also worked with her

husband and assisted him with daily operations and bookkeeping for the petrol station that he ran in Bushkill.

Jean loved spending time with her family and was known to bake delicious desserts for holidays and family

events. In addition to baking, she was a wonderful cook and has lovingly passed on many recipes to her

children and grandchildren. Jean also enjoyed passing time by watching the ducks by the pond outside of her

home and could often be found on the porch reading a book or completing a crossword puzzle. She was

kind, loving, strong, and spirited and will be greatly missed by everyone who was lucky enough to have

known her.

In addition to her husband, Jean is survived by her 3 daughters - Pamela Steele Lavelle, Christine A. Steele

Zipp and her husband Ronald, and Lynn Steele and her husband John Maher; all of whom reside in Bushkill.

She is also survived by her grandchildren - Cathleen, Tracy, Andrew, Kimberly, Teresa, Michelle and Emily

Jean; her 10 great grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, August 12, 2024 at 11:00am at the Church of Saint

John, 5171 Milford Road, (Marshalls Creek) East Stroudsburg with Father Gregory Reichlen as celebrant.

There will be a visitation on Monday August 12, from 10:00am until the time of the Mass at Church.

Burial will follow in the Sandhill Cemetery, Shoemakers.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either Lehman-Pike Emergency Services, 193

Municipal Dr Bushkill PA 18324 or to Bushkill Volunteer Fire Company,124 Evergreen Drive, Bushkill PA