Borges-Quigley, Rebecca Anne
Rebecca Anne Borges/Quigley was born in Fresno, CA on July 29th. Rebecca turned the last page in this chapter of her life and passed away at home July 21st 2010.
She graduated from Encina High School in Sacramento where she was a song leader for the cheer squad. She was active with Encina's TV production group and was an anchor for their TV show.
Becky attended UC Berkeley and was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Tahoe was her favorite place on earth and is where she met Thomas Quigley her ex-husband. Together they started a successful business in Virginia City.
In 2002, Becky worked on the Sierra Front Incident Command Team. During the winter she was the Assistant Manager at Heavenly Sports at Heavenly Ski Resort. She volunteered at BLM's Silver Saddle Ranch in Carson City and at the OHV Park at Sand Mountain Nevada.
In 2003, Becky worked for the BLM in Carson City, where she was a Fire Admin Clerk; and the Ramp Manager at the Minden Air Tanker Base. She also attended the strenuous Carlin Fire Academy for wild-land firefighters.
In 2005, she moved to Grass Valley, and worked for Cal Fire at the Grass Valley Air Attack Base as a firefighter.
While in Grass Valley she volunteered for State Parks at Empire State Historic Mine and at the South Yuba River Park at Bridgeport and soon became employed by State Parks where she was a Senior Park Aide.
Becky could walk into any room and light it up with her bright, heart-warming smile. She was always quick with a warm-witty comment and was an extremely devoted friend. She was a very devoted mother and was part of every bake sale and every band event that her two daughters were in.
She enjoyed exploring, snow and water skiing, hiking, boating and searching for vintage treasures.
She met her soul mate David Hurd, who is a Captain with Cal Fire, in 2003 and has had a fairy-tale romance.
Continuing on in life are two wonderful, amazing daughters, Christina Lauren Quigley, a fire fighter with the US Forest Service and Megan Elizabeth Quigley, a student at University of Nevada Reno, her brother Rodney Borges, his wife Kristen, their two children, Matthew and Taylor, and her ex-husband, Thomas Quigley of Carson City, NV. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Patricia Borges, of Grass Valley.
A celebration of life will be held at The Alta Sierra Country Club in Grass Valley. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to Hospice of the Foothills.
Published in Reno Gazette-Journal on August 1, 2010