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Glenn Edmond Curtis
1914 - 2003

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• Birth	3 Dec 1914	Somerset, Ky
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Apr 2003	Louisville, Ky
  Person ID	I0415	Curtis Family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	08 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	John Carpenter Curtis,   b. 4 Jun 1866, McDonough, NY area ,   d. 5 Feb 1940, Springfield, OH
  Mother	Savannah Rachael Botkin,   b. 18 May 1870, Pulaski county, KY ,   d. 7 Jun 1957, Knox, OH
  Married	27 Nov 1889	Pulaski county, Kentucky
  Family ID	F041	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Thelma Salter,   b. 30 Dec 1916,   d. 14 Sep 1994, Louisville, KY
  Children	1. Lee Ann Curtis
  Family ID	F056	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Glenn Curtis with Mother Savanah Status: Located
  		John Carpenter Curtis This is a photo of John Carpenter Curtis with his youngest son Glenn about 1919 Status: Located
  		Curtis men of Somerset, Ky Left to right, Ralph, Charlie, John Arnold, Earl, Glenn Curtis. Photo taken at Earl Curtis home in Somerset KY. Per Lavonia Curtis Hyman, Ralph worked in NYC many years for Prentice Hall legal/tax publishers; Charlie in building management in NYC; John Arnold in accounting in Springfield OH; Earl at the flour mill in Somerset; Glenn in cleaning chemical sales in Lousiville.
  		L-R John Arnold Curtis Jr., Earl Curtis, John (Jack) V. Curtis, Glen Curtis Thanks to Sarah Valencia for this photo of these Curtis men at Pisgah Presbyterian Church Somerset Ky in about 1990. John Arnold and Jack's grandfather Vaughan had been active member (Earl Curtis' father-in-law) here and the occasion was some sort of re-dedicaton of the building. Grandfather Vaughan had been on building committee after church destroyed in 1900 or so by tornado.
  		1933 Somerset High School graduation Shows Glenn Curtis with classmates listed
  		1933 Somerset High School graduation program Glenn Curtis graduation ceremony program
  		Chevrolet model from 1919 owned by John Carpenter Curtis. Glenn Curtis, son, standing on running board. John (Jack) Carpenter Curtis, was investor with his brother who founded first Chevrolet dealership in Somerset Ky in 1917 per Fred P Curtis obituary. Chevrolet made it's first production car in 1913.

  
  

  Documents		1933 Somerset Methodist Church directory Kindly supplied by Mr. Rod Zimmerman of Somerset 3/6/2015: shows all members and bible study class photos; Shows Curtis family of JC Curtis, Earl Curtis, Jack Curtis, Evelyn Curtis, Dorothy Curtis, Ana Rachael Curtis, Glenn Curtis
  		Glenn Curtis lawsuit settled over Betty Thurman car wreck that left her crippled
  		J C Curtis family reunion 1922
  		Savanah Botkin Curtis funeral attendance
  		Jack Curtis, Glenn Curtis, Alma Tibbals go church camping 1932
  		1945 Jack Curtis, Dorothy Curtis and Glenn Curtis start new jobs after World War II.

  
  

• Notes

  Glenn E. Curtis Glenn E. Curtis, 88, of Louisville, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, at Norton Suburban Hospital. He was a native of Somerset, KY, a retired sales representative for Brulin Chemical and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was a 50-year member of Masonic Lodge #7321 and a member of VFW Post #1170 in Middletown, Kentucky Chapter 8th Air Force Historical Society, Highlands American Legion Post #201 and Buechel United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Salter Curtis. He is survived by a daughter, Lee Ann Lynch; three grandchildren, Kristen Foster (Michael), Tiffany Heintz and Timothy Lynch; three great-grandchildren, Jessica, Kelsie and Curtis; a nephew, Jack Curtis; and many, many friends. His funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at family-owned Highlands Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Rd., with burial in Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m. Monday. Memorial gifts may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Published in The Courier-Journal on 4/6/2003. Mishap at Eubank Somerset Commonwealth 9/28/1938 Two Somerset young people were injured seriously and three others were hurt when an auto- mobile in which they were re- turning here from Lexington left the highway three miles south of Eubank about 1 o?clock Monday morning and turned over. The most seriously hurt was Betty Thurman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Thurman. She sus- tained two crushed vertebra. She was removed from Somerset Gen- eral Hospital to the Good Samari- tan Hospital in Lexington, and reports of her condition are satis- factory. Merle Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.V. Cook, received a fractured skull, cuts on both wrists, and nu- merous other minor wounds. The less seriously injured were Evelyn Curtis, Juanita Kidd and Glenn Curtis. The victims were not picked up immediately due to light traffic at that hour of the morning, but were found about 2 a.m. and brought directly to the hospital by a passerby. Somerset KY Commonwealth Journal reprint 9/8/18: 90 YEARS AGO JUNE 27, 1928 Boy Scouts Off to Daniel Boone Camp Boy Scouts J. D. Ruffner, Roland Feese, Edwin Jarmer, Frank Curtis Robinson, Edward Barnes, Archie Frye, Herbert Hinkle, W. B. Morrows Jr., and Glen Curtis left this morning for Camp Daniel Boone where they will spend two weeks in the Y.M.C.A. Camp. The boys made the trip to camp by motor, being accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Feese, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hinkle and Judge W. B. Morrow.