Curtis B. RISE

RISE, DILLAHUNT, DAVIS, THOMPSON, ROSER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2006 at 22:58:28

Curtis B. Rise, 82, of Belmond died Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at the Belmond Medical Center in Belmond. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond, with Pastor Rod Hopp officiating. Music was provided by Eldoris Bunnell, organist and Marilyn Janssen, soloist. Casket bearers were Steve McLaughlin, Wayne Lein, Gilman Soma, Rod Meints, Steve Soma, Doug Thompsen. Ushers were Loren Bamford and Francis Morris. Interment was at the Belmond Cemetery with military services by the Belmond Honor Guard.

Curtis, the son of Chris A. and Berdie M. Thompson Rise was born August 29, 1919, on a farm west of Belmond. He grew up in Belmond and attended school there, graduating from Belmond High School in 1937. Curtis joined the U.S. Army in 1942, and served his country during World War II in the European Theater. It was in Europe that Curtis met his future bride, Marguerite at a railway station in Strasbourg, France. He returned home in 1946. Curtis was united in marriage to Marguerite Roser on January 1, 1947, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond. The couple made their home in Belmond where Curtis worked for the creamery for 28 years, later at Tomson Insurance Agency, and then the Bunnell Agency, until his retirement in 1974. A lifelong resident of Belmond, Curtis took great pride in the community. Curtis loved Belmond's progressive nature and the pride that all its citizens took in that work. He served as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Belmond Community Apartments. Curtis was instrumental in preparing the way for the start of the Belmond Community Apartments. He was a member of the Belmond V.F.W. and the American Legion. Curtis was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond, where he was baptized and confirmed.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Minerva and Avis; and one brother, Kenny. Curtis is survived by his wife, Marguerite; two sons and daughters-in-law, Philip and Betsey Rise of Littleton, Colorado, and Robert and Becky Rise of Storden, Minnesota; four grandchildren, Arlinne, Meredith, Noelle, and Jonathan; two great-grandchildren; Levi and Amanda; a sister and brother-in-law, Vivian and Stewart Dillahunt of LaMesa, California; sister-in-law, Jean Rise of LaMesa, California; brother-in-law, Orville Davis of Roland; and several nieces and nephews.

February 28, 2002
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