Ford Curtis'obituary, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan

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FORD F. CURTIS
[The Hastings Banner, Thurs., July 2, 1970, sec 1, pg. 1, col. 4]
INJURY FATAL TO LAKE ODESSA BARBER THURSDAY
Services for Ford F. Curtis, 66, Lake Odessa, who died Thursday
afternoon, June 25, at the Sheridan Hospital at Sheridan, from injuries
sustained in an accident, were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Pickens
chapel in Lake Odessa, Rev. Wilbur Williams officiated with burial in
Lakeside cemetery.

Mr. Curtis had received internal injuries in a one-car accident near
Stanton Monday evening en-route to northern Michigan on a fishing trip.

He was born August 8, 1903, in rural Lake Odessa, the son of Robert and
Sarah Ellen (Branch) Curtis.  He married Gladys Potter of Nashville on
January 1, 1933, and had resided in Lake Odessa most of his life.

He was a barber by trade, having operated shops in Woodland,
Vermontville, Detroit, and had a shop in Lake Odessa at the time of his
death.

Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. M.A. (Kay) Klein of Lake
Odessa and Mrs. David (Mira Lou) Klaver of Jenison and 3 grandchildren.