Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Curtiss, Irene Evelyn March 2, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 4, 2005
     Irene Evelyn Curtiss, 93, of Jefferson, died at the Corvallis hospital 
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 .
     She was born Oct. 12, 1911, in Hansboro, N.D., to William Henry and Eva 
Clarissa (Flewell) Cautheres.
     After graduating from Minot State University with her teaching 
certificate, she taught third- and fourth-grade, and home economics.
     On June 7, 1938, she married Perle Everett Curtiss in Devil’s Lake, N.D. 
They lived in Mandan, N.D., and Seattle before her husband opened an 
accounting office in The Dalles. She spent 25 years serving as office manager 
at the business and also found time to teach Sunday School at the 
Congregational Church. She served as president of the local Order of the 
Eastern Star, president of the local Republican Party, and a board member of 
the American Lung Association at the TB hospital.
     She raised Arabian horses, and organized and facilitated the Community 
Concert series by arranging for various visiting musical artists and groups.
     After the couple retired to Newport in 1972, she enjoyed reading, 
gardening vegetables and flowers, assisted a similar community concert 
organization, and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day 
Saints.
     They moved to Albany in 1998, then in 2001 lived a few months in Orem, 
Utah, before moving to Jefferson.
     Survivors include her husband of nearly 67 years, Jefferson; daughter, 
Claudia Curtiss of Siletz; son, Donald Curtiss of Orem, Utah; sister, Etta 
McCullouch of Port Townsend, Wash.; grandchildren Angela, Patrick, Heather, 
Kimberly, and Lisa; and great-grandsons Brandon and Lincoln.
     She was preceded in death by brothers, Ralph, Charles, and Frank 
Cautheres; and sisters, Maude Gilbertson and Edith Knudson.
     Viewing will be held Sunday evening from 4 to 7 p.m. at AAsum Funeral 
Home in Albany.
     Funeral services will be held Monday, March 7, at 11 a.m., at The Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on 28th Avenue between Hill and Geary 
streets in Albany. Interment will follow at Willamette Memorial Park in Albany.
     Memorial contributions are suggested to the Mario Pastega Guest House and 
the American Lung Association, directly or in care of AAsum Funeral Home, 805 
Ellsworth St., SW, Albany, OR 97321.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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