Benjamin Curtis Gladney passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2006, in Yreka, Calif., at the Madrone Hospice Home.
Curtis lived in Avila Beach, Calif., for the past 23 years, after retiring from a career in electronic engineering in the Los Angeles area that spanned 30 years.
Curtis was born in Elsberry, Missouri, on February 9, 1917. After attending two years at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, he moved to Albuquerque, NM to take care of his mother, Neta Waggoner.
While working there in the First National Bank, he met Vivian "Vickie" Relph, whom he later married following WWII. Their marriage produced four children, 12 grandchilden, and four great-grandchildren. They celebrated their 60th anniversary on September 23, 2005 and danced the night away at the Madonna Inn surrounded by family.
In April 2006 Vickie passed away in Avila Beach, CA.
They are survived by their four children, Charles Curtis of Cottage Grove, Ore., Chere Lynn Vanni of Mt. Shasta, Calif., Neta Savage Gladney of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Dru Curtis of Claremont, Calif., as well as Vickie's sister Charleen Magliolo of Houston, Tex., and Curtis' nephew, William Lowery, of Vernon, Tex.
Curtis served with distinction during WWII as an Army Air Corps pilot who flew the notorious "Hump" route from India to China. He completed 62 missions and retired as a full Captain.
Following WWII, he attended the University of Southern California, where he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering. After working for General Dynamics and founding his own engineering company in Pomona, Calif., he later worked for several engineering firms before retiring in 1982 to Avila Beach, CA.
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Curtis lived in Avila Beach, Calif., for the past 23 years, after retiring from a career in electronic engineering in the Los Angeles area that spanned 30 years.
Curtis was born in Elsberry, Missouri, on February 9, 1917. After attending two years at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, he moved to Albuquerque, NM to take care of his mother, Neta Waggoner.
While working there in the First National Bank, he met Vivian "Vickie" Relph, whom he later married following WWII. Their marriage produced four children, 12 grandchilden, and four great-grandchildren. They celebrated their 60th anniversary on September 23, 2005 and danced the night away at the Madonna Inn surrounded by family.
In April 2006 Vickie passed away in Avila Beach, CA.
They are survived by their four children, Charles Curtis of Cottage Grove, Ore., Chere Lynn Vanni of Mt. Shasta, Calif., Neta Savage Gladney of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Dru Curtis of Claremont, Calif., as well as Vickie's sister Charleen Magliolo of Houston, Tex., and Curtis' nephew, William Lowery, of Vernon, Tex.
Curtis served with distinction during WWII as an Army Air Corps pilot who flew the notorious "Hump" route from India to China. He completed 62 missions and retired as a full Captain.
Following WWII, he attended the University of Southern California, where he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering. After working for General Dynamics and founding his own engineering company in Pomona, Calif., he later worked for several engineering firms before retiring in 1982 to Avila Beach, CA.
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Benjamin Curtis Gladney passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2006, in Yreka, Calif., at the Madrone Hospice Home.
Curtis lived in Avila Beach, Calif., for the past 23 years, after retiring from a career in electronic engineering in the Los Angeles area that spanned 30 years.
Curtis was born in Elsberry, Missouri, on February 9, 1917. After attending two years at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, he moved to Albuquerque, NM to take care of his mother, Neta Waggoner.
While working there in the First National Bank, he met Vivian "Vickie" Relph, whom he later married following WWII. Their marriage produced four children, 12 grandchilden, and four great-grandchildren. They celebrated their 60th anniversary on September 23, 2005 and danced the night away at the Madonna Inn surrounded by family.
In April 2006 Vickie passed away in Avila Beach, CA.
They are survived by their four children, Charles Curtis of Cottage Grove, Ore., Chere Lynn Vanni of Mt. Shasta, Calif., Neta Savage Gladney of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Dru Curtis of Claremont, Calif., as well as Vickie's sister Charleen Magliolo of Houston, Tex., and Curtis' nephew, William Lowery, of Vernon, Tex.
Curtis served with distinction during WWII as an Army Air Corps pilot who flew the notorious "Hump" route from India to China. He completed 62 missions and retired as a full Captain.
Following WWII, he attended the University of Southern California, where he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering. After working for General Dynamics and founding his own engineering company in Pomona, Calif., he later worked for several engineering firms before retiring in 1982 to Avila Beach, CA.
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Curtis lived in Avila Beach, Calif., for the past 23 years, after retiring from a career in electronic engineering in the Los Angeles area that spanned 30 years.
Curtis was born in Elsberry, Missouri, on February 9, 1917. After attending two years at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, he moved to Albuquerque, NM to take care of his mother, Neta Waggoner.
While working there in the First National Bank, he met Vivian "Vickie" Relph, whom he later married following WWII. Their marriage produced four children, 12 grandchilden, and four great-grandchildren. They celebrated their 60th anniversary on September 23, 2005 and danced the night away at the Madonna Inn surrounded by family.
In April 2006 Vickie passed away in Avila Beach, CA.
They are survived by their four children, Charles Curtis of Cottage Grove, Ore., Chere Lynn Vanni of Mt. Shasta, Calif., Neta Savage Gladney of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Dru Curtis of Claremont, Calif., as well as Vickie's sister Charleen Magliolo of Houston, Tex., and Curtis' nephew, William Lowery, of Vernon, Tex.
Curtis served with distinction during WWII as an Army Air Corps pilot who flew the notorious "Hump" route from India to China. He completed 62 missions and retired as a full Captain.
Following WWII, he attended the University of Southern California, where he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering. After working for General Dynamics and founding his own engineering company in Pomona, Calif., he later worked for several engineering firms before retiring in 1982 to Avila Beach, CA.
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