 1914 - 1998 (84 years)
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| Name |
Erma Iola ASHBY [1, 2, 3] |
| Born |
8 Apr 1914 |
Burdett, Washington, Colorado, USA  [4, 5, 6] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Residence |
1971 |
Stoneham, Weld, Colorado, USA |
| Died |
30 Nov 1998 |
Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA [2, 7] |
 Obituary |
1 Dec 1998 |
Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA |
| Sterling Journal-Advocate |
Erma Iola Curtis, 84, passed away on November 30, 1998, in Greeley, at the home of her daughter. Visitation and viewing will be from noon to 8 p.m. on Wedneday, Dec. 2 at Chaney-Walters Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998 at 2 p.m. at Chaney-Walters in Sterling, with the Rev. Ronald Pingelton officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Mrs. Curtis was born on April 8, 1914, at her folk's homestead in Burdette, Colorado, the daughter of Walter and Florence Olive Dee Ashby. Her parents had "proved up" on the homestead and received their Homestead Patent on July 16, 1914. When Erma was three years old, her family moved to Sterling where her father worked for Great Western Sugar Company.
On July 6, 1936, Erma married Randall Curtis in Sidney, Nebraska. during their life together Erma and Randall lived on ranches in Montana and Colorado, living in Westcliff, Fleming, Crook, Stoneham, and Sterling. Randall Curtis passed away on October 11, 1969. In 1972 Erma moved from Stoneham to Sterling where she lived until she moved to Crook, then Sterling, and finally Greeley.
Erma Curtis was a member of the First Christian Church, as were her parents. Mrs. Curtis was preceded in death by her husband, Rndall Curtis; two daughters, Jackie Raye Curtis and Anita Kay Kohlschmidt; a stepson, Cecil Curtis; her parents; her brothers, James and Harold Ashby; and her sister, Leone Reese.
Erma is survived by her children, Betty Snow of Loveland; Randall Edward and Cindy Curtis of Lakewood; Vicki and Jim Gutierrez of Greeley; Darrel and Denise Curtis of Sterling; David and Donna Curtis of Loveland; two brothers, Bernard and Dorothy Ashby, and Elton and Bernadine Ashby; 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, it was Erma's wish that donations be made to the American Red Cross.
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| Buried |
3 Dec 1998 |
Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA |
Address:
Riverside Cemetery
Logan County
Logan County, Colorado |
| Person ID |
I5141 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Father |
Walter ASHBY, b. 25 Oct 1874, , Tama, Iowa, USA , d. 10 Sep 1953, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Florence Olive DEE, b. 2 May 1891, Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA , d. 28 May 1971, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Alt. Marriage |
6 Dec 1906 |
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA |
| Married |
20 Dec 1906 |
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA [8, 9] |
| Family ID |
F1151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S116] 1930 Logan, CO, ED 16, pg 7A-B.
Erma Jones
- [S1060] Cemetery, Riverside, Sterling, Logan Co, CO, Erma I Curtis.
- [S767] Obituary, Sterling Journal-Advocate, 1 Dec 1998, Erma Iola Curtis.
- [S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Curtis, Erma I.
8 Apr 1914
- [S1060] Cemetery, Riverside, Sterling, Logan Co, CO, Erma I Curtis.
8 Apr 1914
- [S116] 1930 Logan, CO, ED 16, pg 7A-B.
age 17, Colorado
- [S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Curtis, Erma I.
30 Nov 1988, last residence, Weld, Colorado
- [S1357] 1910 Washington CO, ED 260, pg 10A.
married 3 years.
- [S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Ashby, Walter.
to Florence O Dee, 20 Dec 1907, Woodbury, Ioway
- [S767] Obituary, Sterling Journal-Advocate, 1 Dec 1998, Erma Iola Curtis.
6 Jul 1936, Sidney, Nebraska
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