Catherine Joan Vance

Catherine Joan "Kay" Frangiosa Quinton Vance died on August 31, 2026. She was born in Norwood, Massachusetts, on October 26, 1933, to Salvatore and Angiolina Frangiosa. She was the eldest of six children. She was predeceased by her parents; her sister, Lucy Leate; and her brothers, Angelo and Joseph Frangiosa, her husband Petterson Vance and her three stepdaughters; Debra Prendergast, Kathy Vance and Beth Cutler, her son-in-law Richard Reingold and her granddaughter Hannah.

She was previously married to Russell Quinton (deceased), the father of her five children, and to Petterson Vance (deceased), the father of her five stepchildren.

She is survived by her sister, Mary Frangiosa Creesy, and her brother, Michael Frangiosa.

She is also survived by her five children: Deborah Reingold, Carlton Quinton (Alice), Angela Lancia (Joe), Patricia Whitaker (F. Robert), and David Quinton (Susan), as well as two stepchildren: Cynthia LeDuc and Douglas Vance. She had 12 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. She also had seven step-grandchildren and 12 step-great-grandchildren.

Catherine grew up in Norwood, Massachusetts. She attended the Christian Church of Norwood, later known as Living Waters Church. She attended Norwood High School, Lexington Christian Academy, and the Secretarial School for Women (Katharine Gibbs), Boston Campus.

In the summer of 1956, she met Russell Quinton, who was serving in the United States Air Force, and that December they were married. She began the life of a military spouse and served as a government civilian in the Pentagon as part of the Special Weapons War Plans Department, AFXPD, during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. She served as a secretary for the United States Air Force under President John F. Kennedy from 1959 through 1963.

After graduating from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health School of Nursing, she began a new career as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Massachusetts General Hospital, Choate Memorial Hospital, Metropolitan State Hospital and later worked for the Veterans Administration and several local nursing homes.

Catherine was a member of Lynnwood United Methodist Church in Lancaster, SC. She was a loving and caring person who was always reaching out to serve those in need in her community. She partnered with Covenant Baptist Church and created the Care and Share Ministry in Lancaster, SC. It was there that she was ordained as the first woman deacon in Covenant Baptist Church.