Frank Valequette Curry 1927 - 2017

HEDGE, CURRY, WEIDERT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/12/2017 at 23:18:02

Sioux City Journal
3 March 2017

LE MARS, Iowa | Frank V. Curry, 89, of Le Mars, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Floyd Valley Healthcare in Le Mars.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church in Le Mars. The Rev. Dr. Okitakoyi Michel Lundula will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation will resume 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church. Expressions of sympathy may be directed through www.mauerjohnsonfh.com.

Frank Valequette Curry was born on March 20, 1927, in Sioux City, one of nine children born to Charles A. and Florrie (Hedge) Curry. He attended Central High School in Sioux City prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He served as a hospital corpsman on a Naval hospital ship during both World War II and the Korean War prior to earning his honorable discharge.

After his military service, Frank earned his bachelor's degree at Morningside College in Sioux City. He later earned his master's degree in physical therapy from the University of Southern California. He achieved his special education administrative credentials attending graduate school at Northern Illinois University and Illinois State University. Professionally, he worked as the director of physical therapy at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, physical therapist at Rhodes Elementary School (Ill.), and director of special education for school districts in Peotone, Ill., Marshalltown, Iowa, and Romulus, Mich. Frank rediscovered his love for working with individual students with disabilities, choosing to end his professional life as a physical therapist for an intermediate school district in the suburbs of Detroit, Mich.

On Aug. 16, 1950, Frank and Beverly Weidert were united in marriage at Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church in Sioux City.

Following his move back to Iowa, Frank attended United Methodist Church in Le Mars. He was previously a member of Geneva Presbyterian Church while living in Canton, Mich. He was a very active member of the church; he co-led, with his wife, church studies for more than 20 years, participated in the church choir and served as a church elder and church deacon. Frank was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Optimist Club.

He will be lovingly remembered by his daughter, Katherine Derry of Rosenberg, Texas; a son, David Curry of Le Mars; grandsons, Adam and Ross Curry of Le Mars; several nieces and nephews; and numerous friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Beverly; daughter-in-law, Lorrie Curry; brothers and sisters, Fern Hobbs, Lavina Davitt, Pauline Ortiz, Charlotte Kleber, Elmer Curry, Howard Curry, George Curry, and Vernon Curry; infant siblings; and nieces and nephews.