Elmer Dwayne Curnutte, 79, of Coldspring, Texas, formerly of Altamont, Kansas, died at 10:20 p.m., Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Memorial Health Systems of East Texas in Lufkin, Texas.
He was born May 2, 1931, in Altamont, Kansas, to Arthur and Myrtle Mae (Nading) Curnutte. As a young boy, he grew up and attended school in Altamont.
He served in the United States Army as a tank mechanic. Upon his discharge from the Army, he lived in Colorado where he worked for Western Electric. At the age of 52 he retired and, in 1973, moved to Texas where he had lived since.
He enjoyed fishing and tending to his blackberry bushes. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Texas. He was a baptized in the Baptist Church.
He and Bobbye Jo Andrews were married May 2, 1952, in Russellville, Arkansas. She survives of the home.
Additional survivors include:
Two Daughters – Sharon Kathleen Mathes and husband, Richard Topeka, KS
Luzanne Jean Vance Humble, TX
Son-in-law – Phil Merten Winnie, TX
Five Grandchildren – Stacie Michelle Creech, Kalee Jo Mathes, Tason Paul Vance, Stacie Merten, and Danielle Elhaball
Two Great-Grandchildren – Hunter Creech and Beau Creech
One Brother – Ken Curnutte and wife, Inga Colorado Springs, CO
Numerous Nieces and Nephews
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Carol Lynn Merten; and one son, Stephen Dwayne Curnutte.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery near Bartlett. The family will receive friends from 7-8:00 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Elmer Dwayne Curnutte, please visit our flower store.
He was born May 2, 1931, in Altamont, Kansas, to Arthur and Myrtle Mae (Nading) Curnutte. As a young boy, he grew up and attended school in Altamont.
He served in the United States Army as a tank mechanic. Upon his discharge from the Army, he lived in Colorado where he worked for Western Electric. At the age of 52 he retired and, in 1973, moved to Texas where he had lived since.
He enjoyed fishing and tending to his blackberry bushes. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Texas. He was a baptized in the Baptist Church.
He and Bobbye Jo Andrews were married May 2, 1952, in Russellville, Arkansas. She survives of the home.
Additional survivors include:
Two Daughters – Sharon Kathleen Mathes and husband, Richard Topeka, KS
Luzanne Jean Vance Humble, TX
Son-in-law – Phil Merten Winnie, TX
Five Grandchildren – Stacie Michelle Creech, Kalee Jo Mathes, Tason Paul Vance, Stacie Merten, and Danielle Elhaball
Two Great-Grandchildren – Hunter Creech and Beau Creech
One Brother – Ken Curnutte and wife, Inga Colorado Springs, CO
Numerous Nieces and Nephews
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Carol Lynn Merten; and one son, Stephen Dwayne Curnutte.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery near Bartlett. The family will receive friends from 7-8:00 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Elmer Dwayne Curnutte, please visit our flower store.
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