she was born in Conway, SC one of four children. she studied business at Winthrop college, moved to Charleston seeking employment, found it at the State Port Authority, where she also found her future spouse John P. (Jack) Qualey. they shared a great love and even more, a mutual belief in extending familial love well beyond their immediate offspring. a steady stream of “extras” found their way into the Qualey home – exchange students, a lonely citadel cadet, a troubled teen, two nephews and a niece joined the ever expanding family and shared in the love. it was a remarkable marriage of 41 years.
following her husband’s passing she expanded her outreach to many great friends while simultaneously rejoicing in the love of her family and the arrivals of grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. she was so proud of them all. her major achievements were a long and loving marriage, a business career that brought great personal satisfaction and many friends, and then a richly rewarding retirement in which she reveled in good times and travels with friends and family. she volunteered for a number of causes, and keeping her considerable intelligence stimulated with her reading group and playing a wicked poker game on a weekly basis. she lived a good life.
cause of death: sudden complications from a stroke .
she was born in Conway, SC one of four children. she studied business at Winthrop college, moved to Charleston seeking employment, found it at the State Port Authority, where she also found her future spouse John P. (Jack) Qualey. they shared a great love and even more, a mutual belief in extending familial love well beyond their immediate offspring. a steady stream of “extras” found their way into the Qualey home – exchange students, a lonely citadel cadet, a troubled teen, two nephews and a niece joined the ever expanding family and shared in the love. it was a remarkable marriage of 41 years.
following her husband’s passing she expanded her outreach to many great friends while simultaneously rejoicing in the love of her family and the arrivals of grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. she was so proud of them all. her major achievements were a long and loving marriage, a business career that brought great personal satisfaction and many friends, and then a richly rewarding retirement in which she reveled in good times and travels with friends and family. she volunteered for a number of causes, and keeping her considerable intelligence stimulated with her reading group and playing a wicked poker game on a weekly basis. she lived a good life.
cause of death: sudden complications from a stroke .
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