David Richard Marquissee

David Richard Marquissee, passed away at the age of 52, on March 15, 2021. Dave was born on November 5, 1968 to Donald and Linda (O'Connor) Marquissee in Appleton, WI. He grew up in Kenosha and Appleton, WI and graduated from Appleton East High School in 1986.

Dave married Maria (Bates) on January 14, 1994 and enjoyed spending time with their 4 beautiful children. Dave, Maria, and the kids moved to Florida in 2002 and have enjoyed the Florida weather for the past 19 years. Over the course of his adult life, Dave had an extremely successful 33-year career in the auto parts industry, starting out working as a department head at Fleet Farm in Appleton, WI and eventually working his way to becoming a District Manager at O'Reilly Auto Parts in south Florida.

Dave loved spending his free time golfing, fishing, traveling (he especially loved the Florida Keys and his trips to Costa Rica and Europe) watching the Vikings win on Sundays (but never a Superbowl), and spending time with his beloved family & dogs. Dave was optimistic and took things in life as they came. He had an excellent sense of humor and loved playing pranks on his wife and kids. All the way until the end of his life, Dave was cracking jokes and had a beautiful smile on his face.

He is survived by his wife, Maria, his 3 children, Ashley Schmidt, Alex (Cassandra) Marquissee, Zachary (Lisa C.) Marquissee: his mother, Linda (Bill J.) Marquissee; his brothers Donald (Colleen G.) Marquissee, Ryan (Jennifer) Marquissee; his 5 grandchildren, Aleigha, Amiyah, Aubriella, Giovanni and Lily. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Diane Bates-Schmit; his father-in-law, Ralph (Theresa) Bates; his brother-in-law, Joshua (Tina) Krueger; his sister-in-law, Stephanie (Craig) Webb; his sister-in-law, Carrie Schmit and his aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his father, Donald Marquissee; his son, Ross Marquissee, his father-in-law, Steven Schmit and his maternal grandparents.

The family would like to send a special thank you to Fresenius Kidney Care in Port St. Lucie, the doctors and nurses who cared for Dave at Tradition Medical Center, the entire staff at Treasure Coast Hospice and the O'Reilly Auto Parts team for supporting him to the end.

A celebration of life will be held at Aycock Funeral Home in Tradition (12571 Tradition Parkway, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987) on Sunday, March 28, 2021 from 12:00pm — 4:00pm.