Larry Scott, who served as an AK-3 in VP-4 from 1961-62, sent me a note about a 1959-1960 VP-4 Cruise Book available for purchase on Ebay. He queried the seller about the source of the book and was told that it came from the estate of Quinten T. Starren who served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1972.Quinten T. Starren served as an ADCS in VP-4 during 1959 – 1960 and retired as an AFCM in 1972. He may have served longer in VP-4 but I could only find him in the 1959-60 Cruise Book and have no other record of him.
I located the following obituary.
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Quinten T Starren
Birth: Mar. 6, 1923
Death: Sep. 2, 2012
Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, USA
Quinten T. Starren
Posted on: September 4, 2012
Brainerd Dispatch
Quinten T. Starren, 89, Lower Sylvan Lake resident, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at Essentia-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. He was born March 6, 1923, in Warroad, Minn., to Erick and Esther (Toombs) Starren. He was a graduate of Warroad High School. Quinten served in the US Navy for 30 years, retiring in 1972.
Surviving are his daughter, Diane Valenti, of Arkansas; and grandson, Patrick; and great-grandson, Alek.
His wife Clarisa died in 2010.
Graveside services with military honors will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery.
Nelson-Doran Funeral Home & Crematory
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Larry Hames
VP-4 1975 – 1978
VP-4 Veterans Assn Database Manager
VP-4 1975 – 1978
VP-4 Veterans Assn Database Manager
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