Arthur Stephen Curran

South Yarmouth - Arthur Stephen Curran passed away on Saturday October 11 after a brief

illness, at the age of 96. Arthur was predeceased by his wife Joan E. (Mitchell) Curran, his

daughter Elaine (Curran) Laine, and his son David J. Curran. He is survived by his son Brian

Curran and daughter-in-law Patty McCormick, and their sons Stephen Curran and Timothy

Curran, along with former son-in-law Andrew Laine.

Arthur was born in Boston MA, the son of Stephen Devine Curran and Anna Melvina

(Gramer) Curran, and raised in West Roxbury, attending Boston Latin. When Arthur was

ten, his father died unexpectedly, leaving Arthur to care for his mother until she passed

away in 1974.

Arthur met his future wife while both were working at the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. in

Boston. They were married at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Belmont on June 23, 1956,

honeymooned in Dennis Port, and initially resided in Watertown. After summering in West

Yarmouth from 1961 to 1969, Arthur and Joan moved their family there year-round in 1970,

eventually settling into a new home on the shores of Horse Pond.

After leaving Fireman's Fund, Arthur joined New England Telephone, where he worked in

sales and management for over thirty years before retiring in 1988. But his family knew he

was an engineer at heart, with an intuitive understanding and appreciation of all types of

machines. After a visit to New York's Radio City Music Hall, Arthur's fondest memory

wasn't the magnificent show - but rather the engineering that went into the hydraulic stage

elevators. And when his teenage children were learning to drive, Arthur didn't just show

them how to change a tire, he explained in great detail the wonders of the internal

combustion engine (spark plugs!).

Arthur was a faithful parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis for more than 40

years. After Joan passed away in 2015, Arthur moved to South Yarmouth to be close to his

daughter before her death in 2018. Faith and family were his guiding lights, and he was

grateful for both until his dying day.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Church, 347 South Street,

Hyannis, on Monday, October 20, 2025, at 11am. Calling hours will be held from 9am to 10am

prior to Mass at Chapman Funerals & Cremations, 58 Long Pond Drive, South Yarmouth.

Interment will be private.