Cecil Curtis', Barry County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by Debra Stadel Eddy. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ CECIL M. CURTIS [The Hastings Banner, Thurs., Dec. 16, 1902, pg. 4, col. 5] CHARLOTTE--Cecil M. Curtis, 83, of 7976 Cochran Road, died Friday, Dec. 10, 1982, at the Ingham Medical Center, Lansing. He was born Aug. 20, 1899 in Yankee Springs, the son of Myrick and Mary (Schantz) Curtis. He attended Barry county schools. He married Gertrude Klepher on Feb. 14, 1920 in Lake Odessa. She preceded him in death Dec. 1972. He then married Edna Woly in 1973. She passed away in Sept. of 1981. He married Gladys Higlen Kelley in Oct. 1982 in Vermontville. He farmed and did construction for several years in the Lake Odessa and Nashville areas. He attended Vermontville Bible Church. Mr. Curtis is survived by his wife Gladys; 3 daughters, Mrs. Karl (Elwilda) Dillenbeck of Hastings, Mrs. Kenneth (Dorothy) Priddy of Nashville, and Mrs. Ernest (Mary Jane) Rasey of Nashville; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Flossie Curtis of Woodland; 10 grandchildren; 11 step grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and several great step grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 PM Monday, Dec. 13 from the Vermontville Bible Church. Rev. Paul Boger officiated. Burial was in Woodland Memorial Park. Arrangements were made by the Pickens-Koops Funeral Home, Lake Odessa.