Obit of Curtis, Mildred Marie - Texas County, Oklahoma Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ 20 Mar 2005 Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Amarillo Globe News 8 Mar 1997 Mildred Marie Curtis GUYMON, Okla. - Mildred Marie Curtis, 84, died Friday, March 7, 1997. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Presbyterian church with the Rev. James A. Jacobson officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors. Mrs. Curtis was born in Greencastle, Ind. After spending her early years in Putnam County, Ind., she moved to the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1934 and attended college at Panhandle A&M in Goodwell. She married Robert M. "Connie" Curtis in 1936 at Putnam County. They made their home in Guymon and were active in church and civic activities. Mrs. Curtis was an active member of the Presbyterian church. She was a member of the choir, the Presbyterian Women's group and the Presbytery- Anns group. She was the society editor for the Guymon Daily News for many years and also was a rural route mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. She was a past worthy matron of the Guymon Order of the Eastern Star No. 419. She also was a longtime member of the Rose Garden Club and had been a member of the hospital auxiliary and the Macombo Dance Club. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Joy Dee Fulton of Farmington, N.M., and Robinelle Adams of Clemmons, N.C.; a son, John Curtis of Guymon; 12 sisters and brothers, Polly Coleman of Rantoul, Ill., Rex Hammond, Mary New and Nancy Fogle, all of Greencastle, Betty Warfield Neil of Deal, Md., Joe Hammond of West Monroe, La., Bill Hammond of Carmel, Ind., Helen Overton of Tucson, Ariz., Edward Hammond of Danville, Ind., Virginia Willsey of Indianapolis, Peggy Girton of Reelsville, Ind., and Cathy Landy of Oak Brook, Ill.; six grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren. The family requests memorials in lieu of flowers be to the Presbyterian church. Memorials will be accepted at the church or Henson-Novak Funeral Home, Box 1306, Guymon, Okla. 73942. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. ========= Amarillo Globe News 9 Mar 1997 Mildred Marie Curtis GUYMON, Okla. - Mildred Marie Curtis, 84, died Friday, March 7, 1997. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Presbyterian church with the Rev. James A. Jacobson officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors. Mrs. Curtis was born in Greencastle, Ind. After spending her early years in Putnam County, Ind., she moved to the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1934 and attended college at Panhandle A&M in Goodwell. She married Robert M. "Connie" Curtis in 1936 at Putnam County. They made their home in Guymon and were active in church and civic activities. Mrs. Curtis was an active member of the Presbyterian church. She was a member of the choir, the Presbyterian Women's group and the Presbytery- Anns group. She was the society editor for the Guymon Daily News for many years and also was a rural route mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. She was a past worthy matron of the Guymon Order of the Eastern Star No. 419. She also was a longtime member of the Rose Garden Club and had been a member of the hospital auxiliary and the Macombo Dance Club. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Joy Dee Fulton of Farmington, N.M., and Robinelle Adams of Clemmons, N.C.; a son, John Curtis of Guymon; 12 sisters and brothers, Polly Coleman of Rantoul, Ill., Rex Hammond, Mary New and Nancy Fogle, all of Greencastle, Betty Warfield Neil of Deal, Md., Joe Hammond of West Monroe, La., Bill Hammond of Carmel, Ind., Helen Overton of Tucson, Ariz., Edward Hammond of Danville, Ind., Virginia Willsey of Indianapolis, Peggy Girton of Reelsville, Ind., and Cathy Landy of Oak Brook, Ill.; six grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren. The family requests memorials in lieu of flowers be to the Presbyterian church. Memorials will be accepted at the church or Henson-Novak Funeral Home, Box 1306, Guymon, Okla. 73942. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to 8 p.m. today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html