Former Consul Taken by Death
John Marshall Quintero, Attorney, Was 89
John Marshall Quintero, New Orleans attorney, former consul-general to Costa Rica and member of a socially prominent family, died Tuesday at his home, 2112 Napoleon ave. He was 89 years old.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:45 a. m. at the House of Bultman, St. Charles and Louisiana avenues. A Requiem Mass will follow at Our Lady of Lourdes church. Interment will be in Lakelawn Park Mausoleum.
A native of New Orleans, Mr. Quintero was a partner in the legal firm of Quintero and Ritter. He was the son of the late Jose Augustin Quintero, and Eliza S. Bournos Quintero.
NAMED CONSUL GENERAL
Mr. Quintero was educated in the public schools of the city and at Jesuit college. He began the practice of law in 1902, specializing in civil and international law. In 1906 he was named vice-consul of Costa Rica in New Orleans. In 1931 he was promoted to the post of consul-general of Costa Rica, succeeding his brother the late Lamar Quintero.
He was a member of the Elks club, the old Chess, Checkers and Whist club and several Carnival organizations. He is survived by his widow, the former Margot Simo.
Mr. Quintero received much of his background in legal matters and international relations from his father, who died in New Orleans in 1885.
The father had been both socially prominent and politically active in his native Cuba. When he returned home in 1848 after completing his law studies at Harvard university, he participated in the political uprisings of the time and was sent to Morro Castle as a political prisoner. But he escaped and took up residence in New Orleans.
FATHER 'FIGHTING EDITOR'
Following his arrival here, he became a member of the editorial staff of The Picayune, a predecessor of The Times-Picayune. Here he was known as a "fighting editor" and was an expert swordsman under the code duello.
Active pallbearers will be: Park Woodward, William C. Robertson, Hector E. Bernadas Jr., Albert J. Flettrich, Frank Monzan-Aguirre and James A. Smith.
Honorary pallbearers are: August H. Ritter, Supreme Court Justice Walter S. Hamlin, C. M. Hennesy, Dr. Philip H. Jones, Alberto Quiroga, Dr. Norton W. Voorhies, Constantino Quiroga, Dr. Adolph A. Flores, Dr. Robert M. Willoughby, John L. Herman, Henry O'Connor, Wallace Goodey Jr., Marshall Gowland, Richard R. Day, John J. Kenny, H. M. Feild Jr., Marion LeJeune, Emile Durieu, Edward Fallon Jr. and Dario F. Ballina.