Viola Genevieve Shurtz

Personal and Family Information

Viola was born about 25 JAN 1904 in Burlingame, Osage City, Kansas, the daughter of Shurtz but her mother is unknown.

She died on 4 MAY 1981 in Bakersfield, California.

Her husband was Colin Curley, who she married in ABT 1930 in Burlingame, Osage City, Kansas. Their two known children were Iris Colleen (c1931-?) and Ronda Kay (c1933-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Obituary: [Burlingame Enterprise-Chronicle, May 1981] -- Viola Genevieve Curley --

!P: Graveside services were Friday, May 8, at Greenlawn Cemetery for Viola G. Curley, 77, Bakersfield, California, who died May 4.

!P: Mrs. Curley, a native of Burlingame, began her teaching career in Kansas, retiring from Delano Elementary School District after 37 1/2 years as a teacher. She was a member of The National Retired Teachers Assosiationn of Retired Persons.

!P: Mrs. Viola Curley [Shurtz] was born in Burlingame in 1904 and lived there until 1945 when she and her two daughters, Iris and Rhonda moved to Richmond, California.

!P: She graduated from the Burlingame High School in 1922 and from that time until 1945 taught at several of the small districts one-room schools such as Fostoria.

!P: She began teaching in California with an emergency teaching credential [she had only 27 units at that time]. Completing her education was very important to her; she was continuously taking classes to improve her teaching skills. She especially enjoyed teaching children with learning difficulties and was considered a master in that area.

!P: She retired at the age of 68 in 1972 and resided in Bakersfield, California from then until her death on May 4.

!P: Survivors include her two daughters, Rhonda Valdez of Bakersfield and Iris Brown of Sepulveda; three grandaughters, Gina Valdez, Carol Brown and Beverly Brown; and a great granddaughter, Adria Gonzales. --