CURTIS, Ronda Mae BUCKLES 1939 - 2016
CURTIS, BUCKLES, CHAPLIN, WEIDEMAN, SCHWEITZER, CROWE
Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/13/2016 at 19:52:33
"The Fairfield Ledger"
Monday, February 29, 2016
Page 6Ronda Mae BUCKLES CURTIS
Ronda Mae BUCKLES CURTIS, 76, of Troy, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in her home.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Carol Iammatteo-Code officiating. Burial will be in Troy Cemetery (note: in Davis Co., IA).
Visitation will open at 3 p.m. today, with family present 5-7 p.m., at the funeral home. An Eastern Star service will follow the visitation at 7 p.m. by Twin City Chapter 258, Douds.
Memorials to Troy Academy Historical Society can be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at 20353 Wheat Ave., Bloomfield 52537.
Mrs. CURTIS was born April 26, 1939, at the family home outside of Troy, the daughter of Harlan "Judge" and Verla CHAPLIN BUCKLES. She married Donald W. CURTIS of La Harpe, Illinois, June 14, 1958, in Pulaski. He preceded her in death.
She attended school in Troy and graduated in 1957. She then attended school in Burlington for training as a surgical nursing aid (sic - aide).
Mrs. CURTIS was a member of I.O.O.F. Order of Rebekah and had the honor of being a fourth-generation member actively involved in the same assembly. While living in Independence, she also was a member of the Order of Eastern Star; holding many offices during her years of membership. She held the position of Rainbow Mother of the Order of Rainbow Girls for many terms while her daughters were involved. After moving back to Troy, she joined Twin City Chapter Order of Eastern Star, Douds. She helped her son raise pigeons, a bantam rooster and cheered him on when he played football. She also sold Avon for 15 years and helped out during election years at the neighborhood voting poll sites.
In 1988, Mrs. CURTIS moved back to her family home in Troy to help take care of her parents and made her home there. In 1993, she took over running the Troy Store and ran it until 2001. Her most honored position was her job as secretary and as matron for transporting female prisoners for Bloomfield Police Department, which she held for 15 years, before retiring in 2013. During her time as secretary, the officers became "her boys," and she gave them advice just as she would her own children.
She was a seamstress, who also loved to knit and crochet, garden, bowl and travel. She was a supportive mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and a fantastic friend.
Survivors include: three children, Terri Jo WEIDEMAN and husband Karl of Cedar Rapids, Arletta SCHWEITZER and husband Randy of Independence, and Eddie CURTIS of Troy; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Margaret Ann CROWE of Urbandale.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by: her parents; one foster granddaughter; and one great-grandson.
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