Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: JOHN FRANK VANCUREN Submitted By: patti pennington ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from Page 5 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - February 16, 2000 VANCUREN Services were today at the Friendship Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark., for John Frank VanCuren of Springdale. VanCuren, 55, died February 12 at the Northwest Medical Center of Springdale. Interment was to follow at Bluff Cemetery. He was born June 10, 1944, at Flushing, Ohio, to James Ferman and Marjorie Triplett VanCuren. He married Judy Kathryn Phipps on March 14, 1963. Survivors include his wife of the home; sons James VanCuren, wife Janie, and John VanCuren, wife Debbie, all of Springdale; adopted son Shane Griffin of Springdale; daughters Kellie Alyacoub, husband Ahmad, and Jamie Trammell, husband Tony, all of Springdale; brothers Clifford VanCuren and Rusty VanCuren, both of Artesia; sisters Bonnie VanCuren of Artesia, Rosie Atkins of Phoenix, Sharon Bettencourt of Carlsbad and Elizabeth Capito of Cama, Calif.; and nine grandchildren.