Posted on: Paxton Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/PaxtonObits/238 Surname: Paxton, Sharp, Quintard, Herrold, Cruzen, Schattgen, Jones, Fitzsimmons, Nelson, Medhurst ------------------------- Sioux City Journal Sioux City, IA December 8, 1997 STORM LAKE, Iowa - Maxine Quintard, 87, of Storm Lake formerly of Algona, Iowa, died Friday, Dec. 5, 1997, at the Buena Vista County Hospital in Storm Lake following a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake, with the Rev. Duane Queen officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Riverview Cemetery in Algona. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with the family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Fratzke Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Mrs. Quintard was born March 2, 1910, in Sac City, Iowa, the daughter of James Bradley and Alice (Herrold) Paxton. In May 1910, the family moved to Storm Lake. She graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1927. She took business courses through New York University. She was employed as a bookkeeper at the Paxton Jewelry Store with her father and sister. She married Bill Sharp on May 28, 1937, in Storm Lake. The couple established Sharp's Jewelry in Algona. She received her registered jeweler title from the Gemological Institute of America in 1951. He died of cancer in 1956. She married Alton Quintard on May 6, 1959. He died in 1970. She continued to operate the store until 1974, when it was sold. In 1983, she returned to Storm Lake. She was a member of Lakeside Presbyterian Church, the PEO Chapter EP and the Ingleside Club, all of Storm Lake, the Algona Chapter of DAR, the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge 68 and the American Legion Auxiliary, all in Algona. She served on the Iowa State Jewelers Board for several years. Survivors include several nieces and nephews, Mary Ann and Laird Cruzen, Marnie and Steve Schattgen, Trudie Cruzen, Paige and David Jones, Alyssa Cruzen and Jo and David Fitzsimmons. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Nelson and Margery Medhurst. A memorial fund has been established.