Dion Quintana 1961-2017
Dion Quintana, Ni-Kahn-ko-ek, 55, Topeka, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born Aug. 13, 1961, in Folsom, N.M., the son of Jake and Josephine Martinez Quintana.
Mr. Quintana served in the U.S. Army for nine years, earning the rank of sergeant. He also attended Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts School and was a chef in the Army. He later owned and operated Mama’s Café in Topeka until his health forced him to retire.
He was a Christian and a member of the Disabled American Veterans.
He married Sandra L. Asselin on Aug. 14, 1993, in Denver, Colo. She survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Jessica Crowell and husband Randall, Carolyn “Sis” Quintana and Katie Quintana, all of Topeka; a brother, Donald Quintana, Denver, Colo.; six sisters, Roselee Salazar, Margaret Bernal, Marie Maestas, Roberta Gonzalez, Frances Quintana and Angela Quintana, all of Denver, Colo.; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Rudolph Quintana; and two sisters, Marilyn Soph and Carolyn Quintana, who died in infancy.
A visitation and wake service will be held Tuesday evening at the Dance Ground west of Mayetta. Burial with military honors will be held Wednesday morning in Metwe-Shobney Cemetery. Mr. Quintana will lie in state until 3 p.m. Tuesday at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt.
