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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271835
Title: Emmit L. Curtis
Date: 6/30/1935-3/5/2020
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Inscription/Marks: 6/30/1935
Summary: Emmit L. Curtis, 84, Ellendale, ND, died March 5, 2020, at St. Rose Care Center, LaMoure, ND. A community memorial service was held March 11, 2020, at Church of the Nazarene, Ellendale, with Pastor Kelly Riggan officiating. Burial was at Aurdal Cemetery, rural Forbes, ND. Emmit Leroy Curtis was born June 30, 1935, to Leroy and Cora Curtis in the town of Clear Lake, WA. He served in the US Air Force from 1956–1960 as an airman first class and an electronics instructor. While in the service he married his sweetheart, Fay Smith, on June 8, 1959. While living on the air force base in Biloxi, MS, their first daughter, Linda, was born. They then moved to Oregon in September 1960 where he enrolled in Multnomah School of the Bible to become a pastor. They welcomed their second daughter, Sherry. Emmit became an electronic instructor at Multnomah School of Electronics for the next seven years and while teaching they welcomed their third daughter, Tia. He became a pastor with Village Missions in 1967. His first church was in California and they were there for one year. They then pastored various churches in Oregon from 1968 to 1981. While in Oregon, they welcomed their fourth and fifth daughters, Stephanie and Sheena. In 1981, they moved to Washington and then moved to various states: Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and decided to retire in 2001 in Ellendale, ND. After retirement he worked for MDU as a meter reader and then at Whitestone as a groundskeeper, which he truly enjoyed and was passionate about the place and people he met. An avid woodworker for his entire life, he was passionate about God and sharing the Lord Jesus with everyone he met. He was passionate about his family. Emmit had 12 grandchildren (6 boys, 6 girls); and 4 great-grandchildren (3 girls, 1 boy) with a 5th great-granddaughter on the way. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend and he was loved deeply and will be greatly missed. See you in heaven.
Red ID: FND_I_79330 Image ID: 537994 Image Notes: FND001 271835

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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