JAMES E. CURTIN 1922-2006

REA, CURTIN, GOEKE, FISHER, FLEMING

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 2/3/2006 at 20:01:04

James Curtin

James E. Curtin, 83, of Maquoketa and formerly of Wyoming, Iowa, died Sunday, January 1, 2006, at his home following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 4, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Maquoketa, with Rev. James Chappell and Deacon Bob Head officiating. Graveside services and burial will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Waukon. Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa is in charge of arrangements.

James was born February 6, 1922, in Waukon, Iowa, son of Peter and Callie (Rea) Curtin. He graduated from Waukon High School. He married Wilma M. Goeke September 12, 1945, in Waukon, Iowa. She died December 11, 2003.

He was a livestock buyer for Wilson Foods and farmed for many years in Wyoming.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Maquoketa, and a volunteer fireman for the Wyoming Fire Department for many years.

He was a kind and humble man who will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by two daughters, Connie (Fred) Fisher of Anamosa and Glenda Fleming of Amboy, Ill.; one son, Greg (Madeline) Curtin of Prophetstown, Ill.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one brother, Walter (Donna) Curtin of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; one son, Kent in 1952; a son-in-law, Stephen Fleming in March 2004; and three brothers.

Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Eric and Matt Fisher, Brian and Justin Curtin, and Christopher and James Fleming.

Waukon Standard, January 4, 2006