Curtis James Fallon 1912 - 2004

FALLON, LUFT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/16/2015 at 11:21:01

Sioux City Journal
18 August 2004

Curtis James Fallon, 91, formerly of Sioux City died Monday, June 7, 2004, at Renaissance Care Center in Yakima, Wash.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel in Sioux City. Burial of the cremated remains will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to a luncheon following the service at Third Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Fallon was born Nov. 24, 1912, in Sioux City, to Earl John and Bertha Rose (Luft) Fallon. He attended various public schools in Sioux City and Chicago. While attending Ogden Grade School in Chicago, he earned a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Art Institute. During this time, he attended Waller High School in Chicago, he worked part-time as an usher at B&K Theatre. When the Chicago Cubs played in the World Series, he was selected to usher at Wrigley Field and was able to see all the great players including, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and others in action.

He and his family returned to Sioux City and he graduated from Central High School in 1932. He again worked as an usher, this time at the Princess and Granada Theatres, working 80 hours a week for eight dollars. After working for three years, he entered Morningside College, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1938. Shortly after his graduation, he entered South Dakota University, majoring in accounting and received a bachelor of science degree in 1940.

During World War II, he served as an instructor at Fort Benning, Ga., giving basic military training to college ROTC cadets and volunteers under the Army Specialized Training Program. He later joined the 11th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 1st Armored Division and served as a master sergeant with that organization in Italy and Germany. He received a Certificate of Merit from 1st Armored Division, two Bronze Star Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, Combat Infantry and Expert Rifleman Badges. Prior to his discharge, he was sent to the First National Bank of New York branch office in London for on-the-job training in their trust department.

After returning to the states, he operated an income tax office in southern Iowa until he moved to Washington State in 1948. He was employed in the auditing section of Boeing and worked there until becoming a state examiner for the state auditor's office in Olympia. During his tenure of office, he was assigned to the offices in Yakima, Tacoma and Spokane. His title until retirement was regional audit manager for the Washington State Auditors Office in Olympia.

He was a lifetime member of the following organizations, The Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, BPO Elks, Tall Elks and Reserve Officers Association.

After collecting many fine pieces of western art, he made donations of many of his pieces to the following, W.H. Over State Museum, Vermillion, S.D., Morningside College Library and Third Presbyterian Church in Sioux City.

He is survived by his loving wife, Lenora of Yakima, Wash.; an aunt, Rose Fallon of Los Angeles, Calif.; and cousins, Virginia Renner and Carole Beck of Sioux City, Marge Bosco of Arroyo Grande, Calif., Cliff Fallon of Moscow, Idaho, and Dick Fallon of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.