6—Port Oford News, Thursday, April 21, 1966
Services Held For Rose Curry,
One Of Áreas Oldest Natives
Funeral services were con
ducted Monday afternoon at the
Port Orford Community Church
for one of Northern Curry coun
ty’s oldest native residents,
4-H CLUB BUYS
Rose Curry, who died Thursday,
SKIRT MATERIAL
April 14, at her Elk river home.
Mrs. Curry was born Jan.
Cto April 8, nine out of twelve
members of the 4-Hettes Sew
11, 1877, to Mrs. Frederick
(WUhelmlna Langensee) Pflst-
ing dub went to Coos Ray on a
erer at the family homestead,
shopping trip.The two cars, pro
now Humbug State Park. At
vided and driven by Mrs. Gilbert
the time of her birth, an Indian
Rowling and Miss Sharon Surerus,
lady (Mrs. Jake Sommers) acted
le ft Port Oford at 3:30 and re
turned around eight that evening.
as midwife.
Mrs. Curry never knew her
The girls shopped for material
father as he died In San Jose,
for gathered or A-lineeskirts and
C alif., six months before her
matching scarves. The group had
birth. Mrs. Pflsterer, a woman
dinner at the ACW Drive-In in
of rare qualities with her son,
Coos Bay before returning to
Frederick Karl, then 17, and
Port Orford.
Cta Friday, April 15, they cut
daughter, Henrietta, 13, came
out and started sewing on their
with her small family to the
skirts. Becky Still furnished re
scarcely settled western fron
MRS. ROSE CURRY
freshments. They are planning a
tier and took up a homestead on
slumber party after their April
Brushes Creek which at that
time was several miles from the tage Grove, Mrs. Warren (Ag- 22 m eeting a t Miss Surerus’
town of Port Orford, void of ness) Foster of Langlois, and trailer home on Garrison Lake.
roads or even close neighbors. Alice Wooden.________
The interest rate on U. S. Sav
Indians were plentiful and of
ings Bonds has been increased to
ten passed near their home TOURS WESTERN STATES
4. 15 percent. The maturity per
while traveling from one place
Friday, April 14, the Sixes- iod of Series E Bonds under the
to another. For a woman to Elk Forestry group led by Mrs.
new terms is now only 7 years.
homestead land with a young
family took heroic courage and
Indomitable *111, something few
are In possession of In the
present modem world.
Rose Inherited her mother's
characteristics, along with per
fect simplicity, unrelaxlng con
scientiousness, genuine kindli
ness and veneration. Virtues
which friends and family mem
bers will long remember her
for.
She attended school at Brush
es Creek and another one lo
cated on Linvell hill, schools
operated mostly during summer
months due to the wet weather
and disagreeable traveling.
Mrs. Curry once remarked, “ In
early days, It was one solid
mudhole between Gold Beach
and Coos Bay.” She and her
sister worked for the Knapp
hotel In Port Orford for 10
years. During this time she
met her husband, George W.
Curry, a distant relative of
George L. Curry, Governor of
Oregon while the state was
still a territory and who was
still serving when the state
was admitted to the union In
1859. Curry County was named
for him.
G e o r g e Curry, with h i s
b r o t h e r , James W. Curry,
bought a ranch on Elk river
which had formerly been own
ed by Joaquin Miller. George
bought out his brother later
and James bought land on what
Is now known as the Knapp
ranch at the mouth of Elk
River.
George came to Oregon with
his parents from Ohio in 1876
at the age of 5 and married
Rose Pflsterer June 9, 1907,
and they resided at their Elk
river ranch throughout the re
mainder of both their lives.
Mr. Curry worked as a miner,
timber cruiser, and as a fish
erman. He died April 5, 1932.
Mrs. Curry had enjoyed good
health throughout her lifetime
and had recently helped her
daughter plant some spring gar
den. She died quietly In her
sleep Thursday.
Pastor Gilbert Krick of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
In Brookings officiated at the
service.
Serving as pallbearers were
Glen Wagner, Walter and Allan
Cram, Ray Whiteside, Calvin
Penberthy and Melvin Mecum.
Interment was at the Masonic
Cemetery In Port Orford.
Mrs. Curry Is survived by a
daughter, Francis White, son-
in-law, Harry White of Elk
River; nephew, Harry Wooden
of Bandon; nieces, Rose Wooden
of Florence, Ella Thrush, Cot-
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Library Week À1 L aifbis
Albert Moore, enjoyed a tour of
Western States Plywood.
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