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Submitted: 5/24/22 • Approved: 5/26/22 • Last Updated: 5/29/22 • R515244-G515243-S3
E. W. “Dub” Curtsinger
April 19, 1913-December 16, 1994
Wilma L. Smith Curtsinger
December 29, 1917-February 28, 2000
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary E. W. “Dub”
E.W. "Dub" Curtsinger, 81, of Hereford, died Friday in Hereford.
Services were held Monday afternoon in Rose Chapel of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home with burial in West Park Cemetery. Officiating were the Rev. Jim Bozeman, retired Baptist minister, and Doug Strange of Carlsbad, N.M., Church of Christ minister.
Mr. Curtsinger, a native of Hereford, married Wilma Smith in 1936 in Hereford. He was a rancher and dry cleaner. Mr. Curtsinger was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife; two sons, Jim Curtsinger of Lubbock and Jerry Curtsinger of Stafford, Va.; a brother, R.E. "Buddy" Curtsinger of Hereford; two sisters, June Calloway Boyd of Amarillo and Mildred Jasper of Dallas, five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
The family has requested that memorials be directed to Hereford Senior Citizens.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 94th Year, Vol. No. 120, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, December 20, 1994, Page 2)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Curtsinger
Date of Birth: 19 Apr 1913
Birth County: Deaf Smith
Father's Name: Ed Curtsinger
Certificate Number: 11345
Roll Number: 1913_0002
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: E W Curtsinger
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1913
Birth Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Ed Wilson Curtsinger
Mother: Hattie June Ward
Mother Birth Place: Texas
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: E W Curtsinger
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1913
Birth Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Post, Garza, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Post, Garza, Texas, USA
Employer: Double U Company
Weight: 185
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 3
Next of Kin: Ed W Curtsinger
Household Members:
Name Relationship
E W Curtsinger Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: E Curtsinger
Death Date: 16 Dec 1994
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: E W Curtsinger
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1913
Birth Place: Hereford Dea, Texas
Death Date: 16 Dec 1994
Father: Edd W Curtsinger
Mother: Hattie J Ward
Notes: Nov 1952: Name listed as E W CURTSINGER
*Obituary Wilma L.
Services for Wilma Curtsinger, 82, formerly of Hereford are pending with Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Curtsinger died Monday at the Lubbock Hospitality House.
She was born Dec. 29, 1917, in Hereford to Guy Smith and Ada Cassels. She married E.W. "Dub" Curtsinger on April 4, 1936, in Hereford. She was a Baptist, a homemaker and a co-owner of a dry-cleaners.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Curtsinger of Lubbock, and Jerry Curtsinger of Stafford, Va.
She was preceded in death by her husband, in 1994.
(Published in The Hereford Brand,99th Year, Vol. Number 169, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, February 29, 2000, Page 2)
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Services for Wilma Curtsinger, 82, formerly of Hereford will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the Rose Chapel of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home with Rev. H.W. Bartlett, Pastor of Temple Baptist Church officiaiting. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Custsinger died Monday at the Lubbock Hospitality House.
She was born Dec. 29, 1917, in Hereford to Guy Smith and Ada Cassels. She married E.W. "Dub" Curtsinger on April 4, 1936, in Hereford. She was a Baptist, a homemaker and a co-owner of a dry-cleaners.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Curtsinger of Lubbock, and Jerry Curtsinger of Stafford, Va.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, in 1994.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 99th Year, Vol. Number 170, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Wednesday, March 1, 2000, Page 2)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Smith
Date of Birth: 29 Dec 1917
Birth County: Deaf Smith
Father's Name: Guy N Smith
Certificate Number: 56489
Roll Number: 1917_0011
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Wilma Lorraine Smith
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1917
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Guy N Smith
Father Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother: Ada Lee Gassels
Mother Birth Place: Texas
Mother Residence: Texas Deaf Smith Hereford
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Wilma Smith
Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1936
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: E. W. Curtsinger
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Wilma Lorraine Curtsinger
Death Date: 28 Feb 2000
Death County: Lubbock
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Wilma Lorraine Curtsinger
[Wilma L Curtsinger]
[Wilma Lorraine Smith]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Hereford Dea, Texas
Death Date: 28 Feb 2000
Father: Guy N Smith
Mother: Ada L Cassels
Notes: Apr 1952: Name listed as WILMA LORRAINE CURTSINGER; 28 Mar 2000: Name listed as WILMA L CURTSINGER
Contributed on 5/24/22 by neldapat
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