Owen Leland Quantz, 75, The Villages, FL, died peacefully November 9. 2015 at The Villages Hospice House. Born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 5, 1940, he was the fourth child of Helen and Roy Quantz. Owen was an Eagle Scout who worked summers as a camp counselor during his high school years. He attended Benjamin Franklin High School in Rochester, NY where he won the Bausch-Lomb Award at graduation. Owen graduated from the US Air Force Academy in 1961 and served in the Tactical Air Command for four years. Prior to beginning his career in the chemical industry, Owen did graduate work in Molecular Biology at Purdue University on a National Institutes of Health fellowship. He was recruited by Dow Chemical and worked with the company’s Special Assignments group, moving on to sales and then serving as Dow’s Chartering Manager for the Pacific. For most of his business career he was involved in marketing and product development. Owen is survived by: his wife, Angel, his sister, Colinette Van Camp, his sister-in-law, Rosanne Hopf and her sons and daughters-in-law, Kurt and Lynn Hopf and Kraig and Bobbie Jo Hopf, many Quantz nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Owen’s parents and brothers, Raoul and Manfred, preceded him in death. A graveside service will be held at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL, on Monday December 28, 2015 at 11 a.m.
