Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Curtis, O. T.  1925
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Payette Independent, Payette, Idaho, Sept. 3, 1925
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Sept. 3, 1925

WEISER MAN KILLED

Thrown From Speeder on P. & I. N. Railroad While on Hunting Trip Sunday.

WEISER--O. T. Curtis, 50, died at the Weiser hospital here at 5:45 Monday 
morning from injuries received when the Pacific & Idaho Northern railroad 
speeder on which he was riding with two companions Sunday, left the track and 
he was pitched headfirst against a rail.  Mr. Curtis was rushed 26 miles to 
Weiser on another speeder but doctors were unable to save his life.  
Mr. Curtis, with C. H. Gruffey, a night watchman, and George Smith, railroad 
dispatcher, left Sunday morning on a hunting trip.  Twenty-six miles from 
Weiser the front wheel of the speeder broke causing the speeding car to leave 
the track with such force that Curtis was hurled against the rails, one of 
which struck him at the base of the brain.
Mr. Curtis born August 24, 1875, in Franklin, Neb., had been a resident of 
Weiser since 1914. Surviving the deceased besides his widow are four children, 
Homer, Patience, Elizabeth and Dorothy; and two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Hillard of 
Superior, Neb., and Mrs. James O. Douglas of Gibbons, Neb. 
He was thirty-second degree Mason, past patron of the Eastern Star, past 
commander Knights of Pythias, past noble grand of I. O. O. F., and of the 
subordinate order, past chief patriarch I. O. O. F. encampment, an Elk and a 
Spanish-American war veteran.  Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday 
afternoon at 2:30, the Rev. G. A. Taggart of Boise, officiating, assisted by 
the Rev. George Fowler of Weiser.  Burial took place in Weiser cemetery.  

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