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- Martin E Curtis1855 - 1941
Facts and Events
| Name |
Martin E Curtis |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
29 May 1855 |
Barry County, Michigan, USA |
| Marriage |
24 Dec 1875 |
Woodland Memorial Park, Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, USAto Ardella Sawdy |
| Death[1] |
17 Mar 1941 |
Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan, USA |
| Burial? |
1941 |
Highland View Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan, USA |
_FSFTID: L3SZ-34P
References
- ↑ BIG RAPIDS MAN, ACTIVE IN ROTARY WORK, DIES AT 86
BIG RAPIDS--Martin E. Curtis, 86, for 49 years a Big Rapids resident and widely known throughout the county for his work among crippled children as chairman of the Rotary group Crippled Children's Committee, died at his home Tuesday.
Born at Woodland in 1855, he attended schools there. In 1875 he married and lived on a Barry County farm for a few years before moving to Edmore, where he entered business.
He came to Big Rapids in 1892, entering the grocery field and later turning to the wholesale manufacture of ice cream. He retired a few years ago and had managed his farm near here as an avocation.
He belonged to the First Methodist Church, of which he had been a trustee.
He is survived by his widow, Ardella; two sons, Omar of Minneapolis and Dr. Frank Curtis of Detroit; five daughters, Mrs. Estella Plough of Los Angeles, Ruth at home, and Erta, Mrs. Marilla Duffy and Mrs. Frances Skinner of Detroit, and four brothers, John and Aaron of Bellevue, Elmer of Battle Creek and Leonard of Vermontville.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 o'clock Thursday. Burial will be in Highland View Cemetery.
Date: 3 Feb 1996
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