Howard Griswold Quimby, 87, of North Haven passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Arden House, Hamden. He was the husband of the late Shirley Miller Quimby.  Howard was born in New Haven on June 21, 1927; son of the late Chauncey and Ruth Griswold Quimby.  He had worked for Bartlett Tree Service, Pratt & Whitney Fire Unit for ten years, H.A. Leed Co. of Hamden, Town of North Haven Sewer Plant for many years and later was a bus driver for the Whitney Center, Hamden.  Howard was a charter member of the West Ridge Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the fire police; a member of the Adelphi Momauguin Masonic Lodge which is now the Corinthian Lodge of North Haven for over fifty years; was an avid boater and a member of the Coast Guard Auxillary for many years.  Father of Jean E. Karacsonyi and her husband Alexander J. Karacsonyi IV,  John H. Quimby and his wife Jocelyn S. Quimby.  Grandfather of of Eric J. Karacsonyi, Alexander J. Karacsonyi V and his wife Jamie, John M. Quimby.

Funeral services will be conducted in St. Andrew’s Methodist Church, New Haven Friday morning at 10:00 (meet directly at church). Interment will follow in East Lawn Cemetery. The visiting hours will be Thursday from 5 to 8 pm at the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrew Methodist Church, 1230 Townsend Ave., New Haven, CT 06513 or the West Ridge Volunteer Fire Association, 11 Broadway, North Haven, CT 06473.