Submitted by: Dan Rich

Louis E. Curry

June 3, 1936 - Feb. 10, 2001

South Bend Tribune 2/13/2001

Louis E. Curry, 64, passed away of natural causes on Saturday, Feb. 10, in his residence on Marion Street in Mishawaka, Ind. Mr. Curry was born on June 3, 1936, in Florence, Ala., to Thomas and Ollie (Gibbs) Curry.

On Nov. 28, 1975, Louis married Ms. Deanna Lou Buus in Florence. She survives. Also surviving are his son, Allen Kersey, and his wife, Pat of Osceola, Ind.; and his daughter, Rhonda Baroth, and her husband, Jim of Osceola; two brothers, Carl Curry of Elkhart, Ind., and Carrol Curry and his wife, Linda of Corinth, Miss.; a sister, Rachel Smith, and her husband, J.B. of Savannah, Tenn.; his mother-in-law, Lucy Buus of Mishawaka; and two grandchildren, Desiree Bidlack and Taylor Baroth.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. today, Feb. 13, in Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Osceola. Services will be conducted at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Osceola at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, by Reverend Rodney Wright of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Mishawaka. Entomb-ment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola.

Mr. Curry graduated from Waterloo High School in Waterloo, Ala., in 1956. He then joined the Air Force in 1960, and was honorably discharged in 1965. Mr. Curry worked for Dodge Reliant in Mishawaka for several years before retirement in 1999. He also was a member of VFW Post 360 in Mishawaka. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.