{"id":7727,"date":"2025-07-28T18:44:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=7727"},"modified":"2025-08-02T21:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T01:36:12","slug":"arthur-f-quant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=7727","title":{"rendered":"Arthur F. Quant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hornell, New York<\/p>\n

Arthur F. Quant \u2013 74 \u2013 longtime Hornell resident died Monday afternoon (July 28, 2025) at Elderwood at Hornell nursing facility where he has resided for the past 12 years.<\/p>\n

Born in Hornell on March 14, 1951, he was the son of Franklin & Verna (Windsor) Quant.<\/p>\n

Arthur grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1970).\u00a0 After graduating from Continental Beauty School in Rochester, he owned and operated Chic Boutique Beauty Salon in Hornell for many years.<\/p>\n

For several years Arthur was employed as a Supervisor of Quality Control at Birds-Eye Corporation in Avon, NY.\u00a0 For many years he served as a Certified Nurses\u2019 Assistant (CNA) at the former McAuley Manor in Hornell where he also served as Activities Director and played organ at Day Care.<\/p>\n

Arthur was a very active member of the United Methodists Church of Hornell where he served as a Lay Minister, a Deacon, and a Church Usher.\u00a0 He was also a member of the Church Choir where he played organ and for three years taught Children\u2019s Sunday School.<\/p>\n

A talented artist, Arthur enjoyed painting — especially creating \u201cworks of art\u201d for family & friends portraying special events in their lives.\u00a0 He also enjoyed crocheting, specializing in \u201cbroomstick lace\u201d as well as beautiful Afghans which he gifted to others.<\/p>\n

He enjoyed attending theater productions especially musicals.\u00a0 Arthur was a self-proclaimed \u201cJinx\u201d of the Buffalo Bills because it seemed that every time he watched the Bills on TV, they would immediately fumble the ball or throw an interception.<\/p>\n

Arthur was married on August 20, 1977 to the former Patricia \u201cPat\u201d Tuller who died October 2, 2018.\u00a0 Hewas also preceded in death by his parents, Frank & Verna Quant; 2 sisters, Ann Crosby and Lavina Ewing; 3 brothers, Ivan Pryor, Leroy Pryor and James Quant.<\/p>\n

Surviving are his brother, Lloyd Quant of Jacksonville, FL; his sister, Theda Drew of DeRidder, LA; along with many nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Arthur\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY<\/p>\n

Arthurs\u2019 family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to the American Cancer Society,\u00a0 13 Beech St., Johnson City, NY\u00a0 13790.<\/p>\n

To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hornell, New York Arthur F. Quant \u2013 74 \u2013 longtime Hornell resident died Monday afternoon (July 28, 2025) at Elderwood at Hornell nursing facility where he has resided for the past 12 years. Born in Hornell on March 14, 1951, he was the son of Franklin & Verna (Windsor) Quant. Arthur grew up in Hornell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7727"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7742,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7727\/revisions\/7742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}