Michele Quinn

Michele P. Quinn – Born September 27, 1957 and died too soon on August 15, 2026.Michele was born in Neptune, NJ and raised in Spring Lake, NJ. She was a graduate of St. Catharine School, Spring Lake, NJ, St. Rose High School, Belmar, NJ, Quincy University, Quincy, IL, and earned a Master of Arts at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. At Quincy, Michele was a varsity athlete competing in both tennis and basketball. She competed against the then-Soviet National Basketball Team while at Quincy, and was inducted into the University Athletics’ Hall of Fame in 1989. 

Michele began her distinguished career in manufacturing with M&Q Plastic Products, as Director of M&Q Texas leading the manufacturing plants in El Paso and San Antonio. Michele next served as Vice President for Operations at DJ/Nypro Inc. plastics’ operation in El Paso. She later became a principal of TCTS Consulting, providing training and consulting in process improvement, operational excellence, and leadership. Michele became a Director at Siemens Energy and Automation, then Senior Client Partner at BMGI, and finally Master Instructor at Prosci, providing invaluable expertise to executives and management teams. 

Michele was the “fun” Quinn. She loved her family, friends, and everyone she met. She had an adventurous spirit with sparkling blue eyes and that beautiful big smile. In addition to basketball and tennis, she was a white-water rafter and guide, leading rafters on the Kennebec, Dead, and Penobscot Rivers in Maine. She also rafted white water rivers in Africa, Chile, China, and Turkey. Around the world she was known to visit casinos, and during her road trips in the US, she acquired a record number of speeding tickets (but never admitted to any). She snow-skied, parasailed, loved swimming in the Atlantic Ocean at her favorite Brighton beach, and traveling the world making close friends everywhere. Michele qualified for a pilot’s license and flew intrepid family and friends over El Paso’s deserts and the coastline of the Jersey shore. You name it and the “fun” Quinn did it in style.

Michele was predeceased by her parents, Francis S. Quinn, Sr. and Mary (Judge) Quinn. She is survived by her loving spouse, Arturo “Tury” Armendariz, and her stepchildren, Monica Armendariz (Mario), Corina Armendariz (Adam), Lorina Coltharp (Craig), Lizzy Armendariz Ramirez (Rudy), and Justin Soto (Dani) and her 16 step-grandchildren and 3 step-great-grandchildren.

Michele is also survived by her brothers and sisters, Margaret M. Quinn (Daumant Kusma), Maureen Quinn, Francis S. Quinn, Jr. (Darla), Owen M. Quinn (Melissa), Colin C. Quinn (Erin), and Patricia Q. Stapleton (Jeffrey) and her adoring nieces and nephews Brian, Katherine, Quinn, Colin, Matthew, Margaret, Dillon, Aidan, Maureen, Alex, Padraig, Siobhan, Niamh, Madeline, and so many more relatives who loved her.

Services in Texas will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 12 pm at Calvary Chapel, 1771 N. Zaragoza Road, El Paso, TX. Services in New Jersey will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 9am at St. Catharine Church, Spring Lake, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Michele P. Quinn Scholarship at Quincy University, Quincy, IL at https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/48814/donations/new.

Michele will be missed by so many and leaves special memories of her rich life for all.