Charlene Curran 75, of Bartlesville,Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014 at the Journey Home Hospice House of Bartlesville.Funeral services were held Saturday,August 16, 2014 at Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel in Bartlesville and a graveside service at Sunny Slope Cemetery at Blue Mound, Kansas. Mildred Charlene Artz was born February 5, 1939 in Bartlesville to Charles Isaac Artz and Lahoma Hughes.She was preceded in death by her father,Charles Isaac Artz and by her mother, Lahoma Hughes Artz. The family lived in Bartlesville until Charlene was 6, then they moved to Blue Mound, Kansas. She attended the first six grades of school then moved back to Bartlesville where she attended the 7th grade. They next moved to Garnett, Kansas where she was in school her 8th grade year until she graduated with the class of 1957. That year the Artz family moved back to Blue Mound. After graduating Charlene went to work at the Linn County Sheriff’s Office as a dispatcher. On October 8, 1960 she was married to James Darryl Curran at the Blue Mound Methodist Church. He preceded her in death on December 31, 2013. To this union there were born four children; Charla Lou, Jimmie Dale, Joel Dane (who preceded her in death as an infant in December 31,1966), and Scott Mitchell. The Curran family lived in Blue Mound until moving to Bartlesville in 1976. While still in Blue Mound, Charlene was librarian for the public library. Upon moving to Bartlesville she worked for U Totem, Reda Pump, Woolaroc Wild Life Preserve as a cook, the Dewey School District as a school cook, and at Phillips for Zachary maintenance company in the laundry department. Charlene was an avid reader, was a genealogist researcher, wrote poetry and did cross stitch and needle point. She was a member of the Blue Mound United Methodist Church and was also proud of her Cherokee heritage.

She is survived by daughter Charla Mann and husband Gerry of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Jimmie Curran and wife Karen of Broken Arrow; Scott Curran and companion Heather White of Bartlesville. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Jennifer Curran, Greg Curran, and Kaylee May Curran; four step-grandchildren, and one great-grandson, Wyatt Matthew.


Entered: 9:59 AM 08/12/2014.Revised 1:16 PM 8/29/2014.