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Rollo Burkett Curtiss - October 11, 1902 - March 23, 1996. Son of William Prescott and Mabel Burkett Curtiss. Husband of Kathleen F. Healy Curtiss. Married May 10, 1934.
Newspaper Obituary - Tuesday, May 21, 1996 Watertown Daily Times - Watertown, New York - Richland Native R. Burkett Curtiss, 93, Dies - R. Burkett Curtiss, 93, Nashua, New Hampshire, formerly of Richland, died March 23 at Hunt Community Nursing Home, Nashua. A memorial service will be held 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, in Park Street United Methodist Church, Pulaski. Arrangements were with the National Cremation Society, Haverill, Massachusetts. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen; two sons, William P., Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Robert B., Bay Village, Ohio; a daughter, Carol C. Kleinschmidt, Winchester, Massachusetts; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and 16 nieces and nephews. Born October 11, 1902, in Richland, son of William P. and Mabel Burkett Curtiss, he was a 1923 graduate of Syracuse University. He married Kathleen F. Healy May 10, 1934, in the North Lawrence Methodist parsonage with the Rev. Robert W. Anthony officiating. Until 1960, he had been owner and proprietor of William P. Curtiss and Son Furniture Factory. He retired as chief engineer for Dollinger Corp., Rochester. After his retirement, he lived in Lacona and Fort Worth, Florida, before moving to Nashua in 1994. Mr. Curtiss was a member of Richland United Methodist Church and had served 10 years on the board of education at Pulaski Academy and Central School, seven of those years as president. He was also a member of Pulaski Masonic Lodge and the Civil Air Patrol.
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