OBITUARY: William L. "Bill" Curtis, 1921-2004, Mitchell Co., Iowa
 
[From: Mitchell County-Press-News online - April 7, 2004 - edited] 
 



                     William L. "Bill" Curtis

Funeral services for William L. "Bill" Curtis, age 82, of Osage, Iowa,
and formerly of San Diego, California, were held Saturday, April 3,
2004 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Dennis Hanson
and Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Bill died Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at
the Mitchell County Regional Health Center Hospice Unit in Osage. 

Bill was born April 29, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Amos R.
and Jessie L. (Harper) Curtis. Bill moved to Wenatchee, Washington,
in 1926, where he lived until joining the United States Army in 1941.
He served for five years as baker in the Quartermaster Corp. He moved
to San Diego in 1949 where he resided until April 2003 when he moved
to Osage.  Bill worked as a quality control inspector for General
Dynamics, Convair Division, for 30 years, retiring in 1979. Bill
was very active with senior groups during his retirement.  He was
past District Vice-President of the Congress of California Seniors,
past President of Convair Alumni Association, lifetime member of
the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
and past President of IAM Silvergate District Lodge 50.

Bill and his wife of 35 years, Mary Curtis, traveled to over
45 countries and took many trips throughout the United States.
He loved to share his slide shows of these trips at nursing and
retirement homes in San Diego County.  Bill and Mary were members
of the College Avenue Baptist Church of San Diego since 1971, and
are currently members of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage.
Bill was baptized in the River Jordan in Israel. He has now left
this life to spend eternity with his Lord.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife Dorothy
Curtis; one son David Curtis and one sister Darlene Travis.

Bill is survived by his wife: Mary Curtis of Osage; one son Paul
Curtis and his wife Emily of Edon, Ohio, and their children Amanda
Curtis of Bluffton, Ohio, and Lt. Jonathan Curtis of Fort Polk,
Louisiana; one daughter Joan Kirk and her husband Ken of Osage,
and their children Tim Kirk of Mason City, and Sarah Kirk of
Tacoma, Washington; one sister Shirley Hawkins and her husband
Bob of Eugene, Oregon; a  step-daughter Marlene Parsons of El Cajon,
California, and a stepson John Machnov of Santee, California.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706, Osage, was in
charge of arrangements.



     Copyright 2004, K. L. Kittleson