SUFFOLK—Boyd Edwin Quate, 89, of the 7000 block of Indian Trail, died Dec. 3, 2007, at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond after a short illness.

His wife, Martha Holland Quate, his son, Boyd Edward Quate, parents, Graham and Margie Quate, two brothers, Shepherd and Larry Quate, predeceased him.

Survivors include his daughter, Martha Q. Rountree and husband Ray; a grandson, Robert Edward Quate;

daughter-in-law, Cathy Quate, all of Suffolk; his brother Calvin Quate of Stanford University, Calif.; numerous nieces and nephews; and Margrit Radloff of Vancouver, Canada.

Mr. Quate was an Army Air Corps veteran of WW II, a life long meteorologist, and active member of the Holland Ruritan Club and an enthusiastic and joyful member of the human race.

He traveled extensively over the years and particularly enjoyed touring in his RV with his beloved companion, Margrit Radloff.

He never met a stranger nor missed a chance to try something new.

He will be missed by his many friends and family world-wide.

He was a member of Holland Baptist Church, the Senior Circle of Southampton Memorial Hospital and a former Boy Scout leader and Sea Scout.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Thursday by the Rev. Robert W. Bunn at Holland Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the Holland Ruritan Club for their Scholarship Fund,

c/o Irving Musselman, 1549 Glen Haven Road, Suffolk, VA, 23437.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the doctors and medical staff in the Neuro Science Dept at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond for their outstanding care and concern for Boyd and his family during the past two weeks.

R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the family. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.