ROBERT L. CURTIS
GREENE - Robert L. Curtis, 84, of 108 N. Grove St., died Sunday (Jan. 14, 2001) at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene with the Rev. Galen Smith officiating. Inurnment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene, with military graveside rites conducted by the Tack Barnett Post 268 American Legion of Greene.
Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Reid's Funeral Chapel.
Robert Lynn Curtis was born Nov. 30, 1916, at Packard, Butler County, Iowa, the youngest of nine children of William Morse and Nellie Mae (Woodling) Curtis, and died Sunday, Jan. 14, at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
He received his education in the Greene public schools, graduating in 1934, and received his bachelor of science degree in 1938 from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Throughout high school and college he excelled in athletics. In basketball, he played center and was named most valuable player all four years of college breaking almost every record at that time. He was placed in the first All North Central Conference Squad in his senior year.
Robert's first teaching assignment was at St. Ansgar and later at Newhall. He coached football, baseball and also boys and girls basketball at both schools with each school winning county championships while he was there.
On March 27, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as Chief Specialist at Great Lakes Naval Station. He played basketball on three different traveling teams, and all won national championships.
He was united in marriage to Phyllis Marcellyn Moon on March 29, 1942, at Carson City, Nev.
Following his honorable discharge on Aug. 28, 1945, he returned to Mason City where he served as athletic director of the YMCA. While in Mason City, he played basketball on pick-up teams throughout the area, playing teams such as the Harlem Globetrotters, who they defeated three different times. During this time he was offered the chance to play professional basketball with the New York Knickerbockers.
In 1948, he returned to Greene where he joined his brother Dell in partnership in Curtis Hardware. He was later appointed postmaster in Greene and served for 20 years retiring in 1976. Following his retirement, he enjoyed playing golf, winning many senior and husband-and-wife tournaments. He was also an avid bowler and fisherman. He attended and supported the local athletic events whenever possible.
Those left to cherish his memory are his childhood sweetheart and loving wife, Phyllis, of Greene; two daughters, Sandy Hesalroad of Excelsior, Minn., and Marcie and her husband, Stephen Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; three grandchildren, Kristen and her husband, Tim Mason, of Tupelo, Miss., Kimberlyn Hesalroad of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jamie Montana Robert Ross Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; his sister, Margaret and her husband, Harold Angarola, of Chicago; one brother, Dell and his wife, Lucy, of Greene; a sister-in-law, Mildred Curtis of Macon, Ga., and many nieces and nephews.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Letha in infancy, Dorothy Rodney and Gail Bowman; and three brothers, Leo Curtis, Claire Curtis and Gene Curtis.
Taken from the Greene Recorder 17 Jan 2001
GREENE - Robert L. Curtis, 84, of 108 N. Grove St., died Sunday (Jan. 14, 2001) at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene with the Rev. Galen Smith officiating. Inurnment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene, with military graveside rites conducted by the Tack Barnett Post 268 American Legion of Greene.
Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Reid's Funeral Chapel.
Robert Lynn Curtis was born Nov. 30, 1916, at Packard, Butler County, Iowa, the youngest of nine children of William Morse and Nellie Mae (Woodling) Curtis, and died Sunday, Jan. 14, at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
He received his education in the Greene public schools, graduating in 1934, and received his bachelor of science degree in 1938 from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Throughout high school and college he excelled in athletics. In basketball, he played center and was named most valuable player all four years of college breaking almost every record at that time. He was placed in the first All North Central Conference Squad in his senior year.
Robert's first teaching assignment was at St. Ansgar and later at Newhall. He coached football, baseball and also boys and girls basketball at both schools with each school winning county championships while he was there.
On March 27, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as Chief Specialist at Great Lakes Naval Station. He played basketball on three different traveling teams, and all won national championships.
He was united in marriage to Phyllis Marcellyn Moon on March 29, 1942, at Carson City, Nev.
Following his honorable discharge on Aug. 28, 1945, he returned to Mason City where he served as athletic director of the YMCA. While in Mason City, he played basketball on pick-up teams throughout the area, playing teams such as the Harlem Globetrotters, who they defeated three different times. During this time he was offered the chance to play professional basketball with the New York Knickerbockers.
In 1948, he returned to Greene where he joined his brother Dell in partnership in Curtis Hardware. He was later appointed postmaster in Greene and served for 20 years retiring in 1976. Following his retirement, he enjoyed playing golf, winning many senior and husband-and-wife tournaments. He was also an avid bowler and fisherman. He attended and supported the local athletic events whenever possible.
Those left to cherish his memory are his childhood sweetheart and loving wife, Phyllis, of Greene; two daughters, Sandy Hesalroad of Excelsior, Minn., and Marcie and her husband, Stephen Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; three grandchildren, Kristen and her husband, Tim Mason, of Tupelo, Miss., Kimberlyn Hesalroad of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jamie Montana Robert Ross Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; his sister, Margaret and her husband, Harold Angarola, of Chicago; one brother, Dell and his wife, Lucy, of Greene; a sister-in-law, Mildred Curtis of Macon, Ga., and many nieces and nephews.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Letha in infancy, Dorothy Rodney and Gail Bowman; and three brothers, Leo Curtis, Claire Curtis and Gene Curtis.
Taken from the Greene Recorder 17 Jan 2001
ROBERT L. CURTIS
GREENE - Robert L. Curtis, 84, of 108 N. Grove St., died Sunday (Jan. 14, 2001) at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene with the Rev. Galen Smith officiating. Inurnment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene, with military graveside rites conducted by the Tack Barnett Post 268 American Legion of Greene.
Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Reid's Funeral Chapel.
Robert Lynn Curtis was born Nov. 30, 1916, at Packard, Butler County, Iowa, the youngest of nine children of William Morse and Nellie Mae (Woodling) Curtis, and died Sunday, Jan. 14, at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
He received his education in the Greene public schools, graduating in 1934, and received his bachelor of science degree in 1938 from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Throughout high school and college he excelled in athletics. In basketball, he played center and was named most valuable player all four years of college breaking almost every record at that time. He was placed in the first All North Central Conference Squad in his senior year.
Robert's first teaching assignment was at St. Ansgar and later at Newhall. He coached football, baseball and also boys and girls basketball at both schools with each school winning county championships while he was there.
On March 27, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as Chief Specialist at Great Lakes Naval Station. He played basketball on three different traveling teams, and all won national championships.
He was united in marriage to Phyllis Marcellyn Moon on March 29, 1942, at Carson City, Nev.
Following his honorable discharge on Aug. 28, 1945, he returned to Mason City where he served as athletic director of the YMCA. While in Mason City, he played basketball on pick-up teams throughout the area, playing teams such as the Harlem Globetrotters, who they defeated three different times. During this time he was offered the chance to play professional basketball with the New York Knickerbockers.
In 1948, he returned to Greene where he joined his brother Dell in partnership in Curtis Hardware. He was later appointed postmaster in Greene and served for 20 years retiring in 1976. Following his retirement, he enjoyed playing golf, winning many senior and husband-and-wife tournaments. He was also an avid bowler and fisherman. He attended and supported the local athletic events whenever possible.
Those left to cherish his memory are his childhood sweetheart and loving wife, Phyllis, of Greene; two daughters, Sandy Hesalroad of Excelsior, Minn., and Marcie and her husband, Stephen Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; three grandchildren, Kristen and her husband, Tim Mason, of Tupelo, Miss., Kimberlyn Hesalroad of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jamie Montana Robert Ross Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; his sister, Margaret and her husband, Harold Angarola, of Chicago; one brother, Dell and his wife, Lucy, of Greene; a sister-in-law, Mildred Curtis of Macon, Ga., and many nieces and nephews.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Letha in infancy, Dorothy Rodney and Gail Bowman; and three brothers, Leo Curtis, Claire Curtis and Gene Curtis.
Taken from the Greene Recorder 17 Jan 2001
GREENE - Robert L. Curtis, 84, of 108 N. Grove St., died Sunday (Jan. 14, 2001) at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene with the Rev. Galen Smith officiating. Inurnment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene, with military graveside rites conducted by the Tack Barnett Post 268 American Legion of Greene.
Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Reid's Funeral Chapel.
Robert Lynn Curtis was born Nov. 30, 1916, at Packard, Butler County, Iowa, the youngest of nine children of William Morse and Nellie Mae (Woodling) Curtis, and died Sunday, Jan. 14, at Liebe Care Center, Greene.
He received his education in the Greene public schools, graduating in 1934, and received his bachelor of science degree in 1938 from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Throughout high school and college he excelled in athletics. In basketball, he played center and was named most valuable player all four years of college breaking almost every record at that time. He was placed in the first All North Central Conference Squad in his senior year.
Robert's first teaching assignment was at St. Ansgar and later at Newhall. He coached football, baseball and also boys and girls basketball at both schools with each school winning county championships while he was there.
On March 27, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as Chief Specialist at Great Lakes Naval Station. He played basketball on three different traveling teams, and all won national championships.
He was united in marriage to Phyllis Marcellyn Moon on March 29, 1942, at Carson City, Nev.
Following his honorable discharge on Aug. 28, 1945, he returned to Mason City where he served as athletic director of the YMCA. While in Mason City, he played basketball on pick-up teams throughout the area, playing teams such as the Harlem Globetrotters, who they defeated three different times. During this time he was offered the chance to play professional basketball with the New York Knickerbockers.
In 1948, he returned to Greene where he joined his brother Dell in partnership in Curtis Hardware. He was later appointed postmaster in Greene and served for 20 years retiring in 1976. Following his retirement, he enjoyed playing golf, winning many senior and husband-and-wife tournaments. He was also an avid bowler and fisherman. He attended and supported the local athletic events whenever possible.
Those left to cherish his memory are his childhood sweetheart and loving wife, Phyllis, of Greene; two daughters, Sandy Hesalroad of Excelsior, Minn., and Marcie and her husband, Stephen Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; three grandchildren, Kristen and her husband, Tim Mason, of Tupelo, Miss., Kimberlyn Hesalroad of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jamie Montana Robert Ross Clogg of Birmingham, Ala.; his sister, Margaret and her husband, Harold Angarola, of Chicago; one brother, Dell and his wife, Lucy, of Greene; a sister-in-law, Mildred Curtis of Macon, Ga., and many nieces and nephews.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Letha in infancy, Dorothy Rodney and Gail Bowman; and three brothers, Leo Curtis, Claire Curtis and Gene Curtis.
Taken from the Greene Recorder 17 Jan 2001
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