Miss Mabel S. Curry, a retired school teacher died Thursday morning in McKenzie Hospital, Sandusky, after a long illness.
Miss Curry was born on a farm near Croswell, the daughter of the late John and Mary Stewart Curry. She was graduated by Croswell high school and Ypsilanti State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. She taught school in Sanilac county and also in Memphis, Romeo and Richmond before retiring. She was Croswell correspondent for the Sandusky Republican Tribune while living here. Her sister, the late Miss Alice Curry worked in the Tribune office for a number of years before moving to Memphis.
Miss Curry and her sister, Alice, moved to Memphis in 1915 where they operated a millinary shop several years. Miss Curry was Memphis correspondent for the Port Huron Times Herald and several other newspapers for more than 20 years. She was a member of the poetry club and many of her poems were published in magazines and newspapers. She returned to Croswell in December 1963 and had lived in the home of Mrs. Charles W. Corry. Her only nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Pomeroy Funeral home by Raymond Stotler, First Reader of First Church of Christ Scientist, Port Huron. Burial was in Croswell cemetery.
Miss Mabel S. Curry, a retired school teacher died Thursday morning in McKenzie Hospital, Sandusky, after a long illness.
Miss Curry was born on a farm near Croswell, the daughter of the late John and Mary Stewart Curry. She was graduated by Croswell high school and Ypsilanti State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. She taught school in Sanilac county and also in Memphis, Romeo and Richmond before retiring. She was Croswell correspondent for the Sandusky Republican Tribune while living here. Her sister, the late Miss Alice Curry worked in the Tribune office for a number of years before moving to Memphis.
Miss Curry and her sister, Alice, moved to Memphis in 1915 where they operated a millinary shop several years. Miss Curry was Memphis correspondent for the Port Huron Times Herald and several other newspapers for more than 20 years. She was a member of the poetry club and many of her poems were published in magazines and newspapers. She returned to Croswell in December 1963 and had lived in the home of Mrs. Charles W. Corry. Her only nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Pomeroy Funeral home by Raymond Stotler, First Reader of First Church of Christ Scientist, Port Huron. Burial was in Croswell cemetery.
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