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Jack Curtis Obituary

Jack H. Curtis Born in Brea, CA on April 21, 1921 and died December 9, 2010 at Palm Drive Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Naomi, three children, Howard, Mary Clare and Theresa, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Dr. Curtis received his PhD from Stanford, taught at several universities and was Professor Emeritus at University of San Francisco. He served six years in the Navy during WWII. He was active as a lecturer, social activist and the author of several books and articles. Services will be held at St. Philip Church in Occidental on December 15th at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the St. Philip Food Program, P.O. Box 339, Occidental, CA 95465.

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Published by San Francisco Chronicle from Dec. 11 to Dec. 12, 2010.

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