Mrs. Lou Kirby Curtis was born in Moun-
tain View, Missouri; and passed away quite
suddenly at her home in Berrien Springs,
Michigan, August 11, 1937. She was the
daughter of Robert and Nancy Jane Kirby.
Her early life was spent in Kansas. Later
she was graduated from the State Normal,
Emporia, and after having taught in the pub-
lic schools of Kansas for a few years, she at-
tended Battle Creek College where she stud-
ied for the Bible work. From Battle Creek
she went to the Chicago Mission and worked
with Elder and Mrs. G. B. Starr. After a
period of service there, she went to Wichita,
Kansas, to continue her Bible work, and here
met Elder W. D. Curtis. At the General Con-
ference after their marriage, they were ap-
pointed to Australia, where they contributed
much to the development of our work dur-
ing the early days.
After their return to America on the ship
Pitcairn, Mrs. Curtis served as conference
Sabbath school secretary in Illinois, also as-
sisting as Bible worker in her husband's ef-
forts, as well as teaching church school and .
editing the local conference paper. When the
family was transferred to Indiana, she taught
in the Indiana Academy for a number of
years. Late in the year of 1906 the family
moved to Berrien Springs, and in November,
1907, Elder Curtis died. Mrs. Curtis taught
in Emmanuel Missionary College, and while
engaged in teaching she became the first edi-
tor of the Lake Union Herald, continuing
this work for twenty-five years. She was a
devoted wife and a wonderful mother, and
her influence for good has always been felt
among a large circle, both young and old,
and though she will be greatly missed, our
sorrow will be in a measure assuaged by
the knowledge that she has not lived in
vain. Mrs. Curtis was a woman of rare good
judgment in keeping with the talents she pos-
sessed and which she used to the advance-
ment and the credit of this gospel cause
which she loved. And so ends the brief and
inadequate story of a busy life for God.
Of her three children, two are living—
Will D. Curtis, of Chicago, and Mrs. Mabel
Curtis Romant, of Emmanuel Missionary
College. Mrs. Curtis was a sister of Prof.
E. D. Kirby, who taught for years in Battle
Creek College, and of her nine brothers and
sisters, only three sisters are now living.
Funeral services were conducted in the
College Auditorium by Elder C. A. Burman.
She was laid to rest beside her husband in
Rose Hill Cemetery at Berrien Springs,
Michigan.
tain View, Missouri; and passed away quite
suddenly at her home in Berrien Springs,
Michigan, August 11, 1937. She was the
daughter of Robert and Nancy Jane Kirby.
Her early life was spent in Kansas. Later
she was graduated from the State Normal,
Emporia, and after having taught in the pub-
lic schools of Kansas for a few years, she at-
tended Battle Creek College where she stud-
ied for the Bible work. From Battle Creek
she went to the Chicago Mission and worked
with Elder and Mrs. G. B. Starr. After a
period of service there, she went to Wichita,
Kansas, to continue her Bible work, and here
met Elder W. D. Curtis. At the General Con-
ference after their marriage, they were ap-
pointed to Australia, where they contributed
much to the development of our work dur-
ing the early days.
After their return to America on the ship
Pitcairn, Mrs. Curtis served as conference
Sabbath school secretary in Illinois, also as-
sisting as Bible worker in her husband's ef-
forts, as well as teaching church school and .
editing the local conference paper. When the
family was transferred to Indiana, she taught
in the Indiana Academy for a number of
years. Late in the year of 1906 the family
moved to Berrien Springs, and in November,
1907, Elder Curtis died. Mrs. Curtis taught
in Emmanuel Missionary College, and while
engaged in teaching she became the first edi-
tor of the Lake Union Herald, continuing
this work for twenty-five years. She was a
devoted wife and a wonderful mother, and
her influence for good has always been felt
among a large circle, both young and old,
and though she will be greatly missed, our
sorrow will be in a measure assuaged by
the knowledge that she has not lived in
vain. Mrs. Curtis was a woman of rare good
judgment in keeping with the talents she pos-
sessed and which she used to the advance-
ment and the credit of this gospel cause
which she loved. And so ends the brief and
inadequate story of a busy life for God.
Of her three children, two are living—
Will D. Curtis, of Chicago, and Mrs. Mabel
Curtis Romant, of Emmanuel Missionary
College. Mrs. Curtis was a sister of Prof.
E. D. Kirby, who taught for years in Battle
Creek College, and of her nine brothers and
sisters, only three sisters are now living.
Funeral services were conducted in the
College Auditorium by Elder C. A. Burman.
She was laid to rest beside her husband in
Rose Hill Cemetery at Berrien Springs,
Michigan.
Mrs. Lou Kirby Curtis was born in Moun-
tain View, Missouri; and passed away quite
suddenly at her home in Berrien Springs,
Michigan, August 11, 1937. She was the
daughter of Robert and Nancy Jane Kirby.
Her early life was spent in Kansas. Later
she was graduated from the State Normal,
Emporia, and after having taught in the pub-
lic schools of Kansas for a few years, she at-
tended Battle Creek College where she stud-
ied for the Bible work. From Battle Creek
she went to the Chicago Mission and worked
with Elder and Mrs. G. B. Starr. After a
period of service there, she went to Wichita,
Kansas, to continue her Bible work, and here
met Elder W. D. Curtis. At the General Con-
ference after their marriage, they were ap-
pointed to Australia, where they contributed
much to the development of our work dur-
ing the early days.
After their return to America on the ship
Pitcairn, Mrs. Curtis served as conference
Sabbath school secretary in Illinois, also as-
sisting as Bible worker in her husband's ef-
forts, as well as teaching church school and .
editing the local conference paper. When the
family was transferred to Indiana, she taught
in the Indiana Academy for a number of
years. Late in the year of 1906 the family
moved to Berrien Springs, and in November,
1907, Elder Curtis died. Mrs. Curtis taught
in Emmanuel Missionary College, and while
engaged in teaching she became the first edi-
tor of the Lake Union Herald, continuing
this work for twenty-five years. She was a
devoted wife and a wonderful mother, and
her influence for good has always been felt
among a large circle, both young and old,
and though she will be greatly missed, our
sorrow will be in a measure assuaged by
the knowledge that she has not lived in
vain. Mrs. Curtis was a woman of rare good
judgment in keeping with the talents she pos-
sessed and which she used to the advance-
ment and the credit of this gospel cause
which she loved. And so ends the brief and
inadequate story of a busy life for God.
Of her three children, two are living—
Will D. Curtis, of Chicago, and Mrs. Mabel
Curtis Romant, of Emmanuel Missionary
College. Mrs. Curtis was a sister of Prof.
E. D. Kirby, who taught for years in Battle
Creek College, and of her nine brothers and
sisters, only three sisters are now living.
Funeral services were conducted in the
College Auditorium by Elder C. A. Burman.
She was laid to rest beside her husband in
Rose Hill Cemetery at Berrien Springs,
Michigan.
tain View, Missouri; and passed away quite
suddenly at her home in Berrien Springs,
Michigan, August 11, 1937. She was the
daughter of Robert and Nancy Jane Kirby.
Her early life was spent in Kansas. Later
she was graduated from the State Normal,
Emporia, and after having taught in the pub-
lic schools of Kansas for a few years, she at-
tended Battle Creek College where she stud-
ied for the Bible work. From Battle Creek
she went to the Chicago Mission and worked
with Elder and Mrs. G. B. Starr. After a
period of service there, she went to Wichita,
Kansas, to continue her Bible work, and here
met Elder W. D. Curtis. At the General Con-
ference after their marriage, they were ap-
pointed to Australia, where they contributed
much to the development of our work dur-
ing the early days.
After their return to America on the ship
Pitcairn, Mrs. Curtis served as conference
Sabbath school secretary in Illinois, also as-
sisting as Bible worker in her husband's ef-
forts, as well as teaching church school and .
editing the local conference paper. When the
family was transferred to Indiana, she taught
in the Indiana Academy for a number of
years. Late in the year of 1906 the family
moved to Berrien Springs, and in November,
1907, Elder Curtis died. Mrs. Curtis taught
in Emmanuel Missionary College, and while
engaged in teaching she became the first edi-
tor of the Lake Union Herald, continuing
this work for twenty-five years. She was a
devoted wife and a wonderful mother, and
her influence for good has always been felt
among a large circle, both young and old,
and though she will be greatly missed, our
sorrow will be in a measure assuaged by
the knowledge that she has not lived in
vain. Mrs. Curtis was a woman of rare good
judgment in keeping with the talents she pos-
sessed and which she used to the advance-
ment and the credit of this gospel cause
which she loved. And so ends the brief and
inadequate story of a busy life for God.
Of her three children, two are living—
Will D. Curtis, of Chicago, and Mrs. Mabel
Curtis Romant, of Emmanuel Missionary
College. Mrs. Curtis was a sister of Prof.
E. D. Kirby, who taught for years in Battle
Creek College, and of her nine brothers and
sisters, only three sisters are now living.
Funeral services were conducted in the
College Auditorium by Elder C. A. Burman.
She was laid to rest beside her husband in
Rose Hill Cemetery at Berrien Springs,
Michigan.
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