"Dorothy was born October 15, 1903, (apple picking time) at the upper place of the Dawson place in La Harpe. She was educated and grew to womanhood in Idaho Falls. With her brother, Finch, she took a business course which enabled her to hold secretarial and accounting positions in Idaho Falls and San Francisco.
Because of her preference for outdoor life over office work, in 1933, with the help of her father, she built up a five-acre tract in west Idaho Falls, and established a chicken farm where she lived until she was married to Amos Curtis on December 21, 1943. She then sold her property and moved to their dry land grain farm in Swan Valley, Idaho, where in addition to good grain crops, they are enlarging in the hog and chicken enterprises.
She is the only one of my children who has followed the farming tradition of the Dawson and Finch families. Her husband follows a long line of pioneer farmers."
Excerpt from: "Memoirs and Kin to Me, Written during the Winter of 1947-1948", by Mary Finch Dawson.
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Mrs. Amos Curtis succumbs of heart attack. She was born in La Harpe, Ill., the daughter of Lemoine and Mary Finch Dawson. The family moved to South Dakota and then to Idaho where Dorothy Dawson attended grade and high schools.
Following high school, she studied six months in a private school where she majored in secretarial work. On December 21, 1943, she was married to Amos Curtis of Swan Valley and has resided in their Pine Creek home since that date.
Mrs. Curtis was a member of the Methodist Church, the DAR and the American Legion Auxiliary. The body is at the Wood's Funeral Home and the services will be conducted from the Methodist Church. As requested by the deceased, the body will be sent to Salt Lake for cremation.
The survivors are her husband, her mother Mrs. Mary Dawson, and the following brothers and sisters: Paul Dawson, Butte, Montana; Wendell Dawson, Tacoma, Wash.; Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls; and Mrs. Amy Marshall, San Francisco, Calif.
Amos Henry Curtis was born in Victor, Idaho, the son of Owen and Elizabeth Curtis.
(Obituary found in personal papers of Wendell Dawson; publication unknown)
Because of her preference for outdoor life over office work, in 1933, with the help of her father, she built up a five-acre tract in west Idaho Falls, and established a chicken farm where she lived until she was married to Amos Curtis on December 21, 1943. She then sold her property and moved to their dry land grain farm in Swan Valley, Idaho, where in addition to good grain crops, they are enlarging in the hog and chicken enterprises.
She is the only one of my children who has followed the farming tradition of the Dawson and Finch families. Her husband follows a long line of pioneer farmers."
Excerpt from: "Memoirs and Kin to Me, Written during the Winter of 1947-1948", by Mary Finch Dawson.
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Mrs. Amos Curtis succumbs of heart attack. She was born in La Harpe, Ill., the daughter of Lemoine and Mary Finch Dawson. The family moved to South Dakota and then to Idaho where Dorothy Dawson attended grade and high schools.
Following high school, she studied six months in a private school where she majored in secretarial work. On December 21, 1943, she was married to Amos Curtis of Swan Valley and has resided in their Pine Creek home since that date.
Mrs. Curtis was a member of the Methodist Church, the DAR and the American Legion Auxiliary. The body is at the Wood's Funeral Home and the services will be conducted from the Methodist Church. As requested by the deceased, the body will be sent to Salt Lake for cremation.
The survivors are her husband, her mother Mrs. Mary Dawson, and the following brothers and sisters: Paul Dawson, Butte, Montana; Wendell Dawson, Tacoma, Wash.; Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls; and Mrs. Amy Marshall, San Francisco, Calif.
Amos Henry Curtis was born in Victor, Idaho, the son of Owen and Elizabeth Curtis.
(Obituary found in personal papers of Wendell Dawson; publication unknown)
"Dorothy was born October 15, 1903, (apple picking time) at the upper place of the Dawson place in La Harpe. She was educated and grew to womanhood in Idaho Falls. With her brother, Finch, she took a business course which enabled her to hold secretarial and accounting positions in Idaho Falls and San Francisco.
Because of her preference for outdoor life over office work, in 1933, with the help of her father, she built up a five-acre tract in west Idaho Falls, and established a chicken farm where she lived until she was married to Amos Curtis on December 21, 1943. She then sold her property and moved to their dry land grain farm in Swan Valley, Idaho, where in addition to good grain crops, they are enlarging in the hog and chicken enterprises.
She is the only one of my children who has followed the farming tradition of the Dawson and Finch families. Her husband follows a long line of pioneer farmers."
Excerpt from: "Memoirs and Kin to Me, Written during the Winter of 1947-1948", by Mary Finch Dawson.
——
Mrs. Amos Curtis succumbs of heart attack. She was born in La Harpe, Ill., the daughter of Lemoine and Mary Finch Dawson. The family moved to South Dakota and then to Idaho where Dorothy Dawson attended grade and high schools.
Following high school, she studied six months in a private school where she majored in secretarial work. On December 21, 1943, she was married to Amos Curtis of Swan Valley and has resided in their Pine Creek home since that date.
Mrs. Curtis was a member of the Methodist Church, the DAR and the American Legion Auxiliary. The body is at the Wood's Funeral Home and the services will be conducted from the Methodist Church. As requested by the deceased, the body will be sent to Salt Lake for cremation.
The survivors are her husband, her mother Mrs. Mary Dawson, and the following brothers and sisters: Paul Dawson, Butte, Montana; Wendell Dawson, Tacoma, Wash.; Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls; and Mrs. Amy Marshall, San Francisco, Calif.
Amos Henry Curtis was born in Victor, Idaho, the son of Owen and Elizabeth Curtis.
(Obituary found in personal papers of Wendell Dawson; publication unknown)
Because of her preference for outdoor life over office work, in 1933, with the help of her father, she built up a five-acre tract in west Idaho Falls, and established a chicken farm where she lived until she was married to Amos Curtis on December 21, 1943. She then sold her property and moved to their dry land grain farm in Swan Valley, Idaho, where in addition to good grain crops, they are enlarging in the hog and chicken enterprises.
She is the only one of my children who has followed the farming tradition of the Dawson and Finch families. Her husband follows a long line of pioneer farmers."
Excerpt from: "Memoirs and Kin to Me, Written during the Winter of 1947-1948", by Mary Finch Dawson.
——
Mrs. Amos Curtis succumbs of heart attack. She was born in La Harpe, Ill., the daughter of Lemoine and Mary Finch Dawson. The family moved to South Dakota and then to Idaho where Dorothy Dawson attended grade and high schools.
Following high school, she studied six months in a private school where she majored in secretarial work. On December 21, 1943, she was married to Amos Curtis of Swan Valley and has resided in their Pine Creek home since that date.
Mrs. Curtis was a member of the Methodist Church, the DAR and the American Legion Auxiliary. The body is at the Wood's Funeral Home and the services will be conducted from the Methodist Church. As requested by the deceased, the body will be sent to Salt Lake for cremation.
The survivors are her husband, her mother Mrs. Mary Dawson, and the following brothers and sisters: Paul Dawson, Butte, Montana; Wendell Dawson, Tacoma, Wash.; Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls; and Mrs. Amy Marshall, San Francisco, Calif.
Amos Henry Curtis was born in Victor, Idaho, the son of Owen and Elizabeth Curtis.
(Obituary found in personal papers of Wendell Dawson; publication unknown)
Gravesite Details
She is buried in the same row as her brother, Wendell Dawson.
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