This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TmQ.2ACIB/2085 Message Board Post: Curtis, Doris DORIS CURTIS, age 78, passed away on Friday evening, the 6th of February 2004, after a valiant battle against cancer. Born in Round Top, Texas on the 16th of March 1925, she was predeceased by her parents; Herbert and Stella Bergman. Doris is survived by her loving husband of almost 56 years, Bill Curtis, Jr.; children, Alan Curtis and wife, Gina, and Billy Curtis; and her three grandchildren; Jaclyn, Trevor, and Madilyn Curtis. She is also survived by her two sisters; Bonnie Paape and husband, Don, and Floris Crawley. Known as a gentle and loving person, Doris was devoted to her husband and to her family. In her later years, she thoroughly enjoyed many special moments with her grandchildren. Having a passion for music, drawing, and painting, she encouraged both her children and grandchildren to appreciate the arts. Doris will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends. To celebrate her wonderful life, friends are invited to a visitation with the family from five u! ntil seven o'clock in the evening on Monday, the 9th of February 2004, in the Library of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston. The Funeral Service will be conducted at eleven o'clock in the Morning on Tuesday, the 10th of February 2004, at Central Presbyterian Church, 3788 Richmond Avenue in Houston, with Rev. W. Stewart MacColl as officiant. Interment will follow, via cortege from the church, at the Cemetery of Forest Park Westheimer, 12800 Westheimer Road in Houston. Published in the Houston Chronicle from 2/8/2004