October 10, 2026, 86, Goldsboro – Ingrid Quick, 86, loving mother, grandmother, local artisan, and dedicated volunteer, died peacefully in her Goldsboro, NC home on October 10 surrounded by her family and supported by hospice.
Ingrid Storz was born in Solingen, Germany, on Easter Sunday during World War II, resilience in the face of strife came second nature to her. After the family home was destroyed in a bombing, and Ingrid’s birth father was killed in combat behind the Russian front, her widowed mother emigrated with 6-year-old Ingrid and her 3-year-old brother Uli to a friend’s home in the Cotswolds region of England where they lived for 9 years. There, her mother Helga met and married a USAF officer, Bill Hammond, during post-war reconstruction. The family emigrated again, on a steamer ship connecting to Southern California, where Ingrid entered high school and American life at age 15.
In California, Ingrid met her future husband of 53 years, Dave Quick. Dave was a pilot stationed at Castle AFB and she was a regional flight attendant for Pacific Airlines. Once married, they were stationed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, then at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, where they chose to spend the rest of their lives.
Upon arriving at Seymour, Ingrid quickly connected to the community as a Red Cross Volunteer and Coordinator, member of the Junior Women’s Club, and Brownie troop leader. These varied communities and her two young daughters kept her grounded while Dave was deployed to Vietnam.
After Dave retired from active duty, Ingrid worked alongside him at family businesses the Quick Way and Sentry 111 Hardware, then in her own ventures, Ingrid’s Baker’s Dozen and American Shipping and Packaging (ASAP). But business was never her ultimate passion; making and giving her time to others was.
Creatively, her hands were always moving—with knitting needles, reed, paint brushes, or pens on paper. She was a long-time contributor to the Wayne County Arts Council and a member of Goldweavers basket weaving guild. An avid reader, she also belonged to two long-standing book clubs, allowing her mind to continue to travel when cumulative health issues kept her closer to home.
Spiritually, she guided youth ministry, Sunday School classes, and Vacation Bible School at Madison Avenue Baptist Church, and prepared meals for mid-week services. She was ordained as one of the first female Deacons of Madison, joined international youth mission trips, and earned a Blue Hat designation with Baptist Men and Women’s Disaster Relief (now Baptists on Mission), spending time in the Gulf after Hurricane Katrina helping mothers in need of child care.
Civically, she was a Kiwanian—and a super fan of the Kiwana’s miniature train in Herman Park, which she proudly learned to drive. She also served on the Patient & Family Advisory Council (PFAC) at Wayne Memorial UNC Health; joined the Board at the Wayne County Historical Association; and volunteered at OCSC Thriftshop. In 2009, she received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her commitment to strengthening the nation. In 2011, the Air Force recognized her for Volunteer Excellence to the USAF community.
At each of these touchpoints, she befriended people young and old. Whether a person had generational roots in Wayne County or was temporarily making it home, she was an open door with a fast wit, an open hand, and a big smile.
She is survived by her daughter Karin Thompson and grandson Oliver Thompson of Goldsboro, NC; daughter Tanya Quick and husband Jay Walitalo of New York, NY; brother Uli Storz and wife Janet of Portola Valley, California; and niece Mika Clauson and family of Reno, NV. She is preceded in death by husband, Dave Quick; son-in-law Andrew Thompson; and mother Helga Hammond.
A memorial gathering will be held on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 5-7:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home. She will be interred alongside Dave at the Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, please practice a random act of kindness, the way Ingrid would; donate to your favorite charity that helps humans or animals, like Ingrid did; and remember to smile at people like Ingrid did. That random act can change a life, like Ingrid did for so many.
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