David J. Curtis

1925 - 2018

David J. Curtis, 92 years young, passed away peacefully, June 29, 2018, in his Jupiter, Florida home. He was born in Boston in 1925 to Thomas Curtis and Alice Callahan. He spent his early years in Quincy and attended Quincy High School. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in England. He was married for 66 years to Margaret (Peggy) Reinhalter also of Quincy, who passed away in 2014. Together they raised nine children in Weymouth and Scituate. He is survived by Stephen and his wife Patricia Connolly of Stuart, Fla., Kevin and his wife Jym-Ann of Braintree, Karen Hartigan and her husband Gerard of Sudbury, Susan Gile and her husband John of Denver, Colo., Lauren McCarthy and her husband Peter of Scituate, Robin Christensen of Marietta, Ga., Glenn and his wife Elizabeth of Hampton, N.Y. and Marilyn Gordian and her husband Michael of Wake Forest, N.C. and the late Shawn Curtis of Rockland, Maine. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his siblings Mary Berlo, Thomas, Richard and Alan Curtis, Jean Barrett and Dorothy Kelley. He is also survived by several cousins and many nieces and nephews. David had a very successful career as a co-owner of Curtis Farms Supermarkets and Curtis Liquors with his brothers Tom, Dick and Alan. He was also a former President of the Scituate Chamber of Commerce. Upon his retirement he moved to Florida, where he was a longtime member of Jonathans Landing Golf Club. His summer months were spent in Scituate where he was a member of Hatherly Golf Club. Besides golf, he was an avid card playing enthusiast as well as having a passion for painting. He also had a love of horse racing and reveled in being part owner of 2 successful race horses, Falerno and Shrike. Visiting hours will be on Monday July 9, at the Dolan Funeral Home, 460 Granite Avenue Milton, from 4 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Agathas in East Milton at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday July 10. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to Catholic Charities of the Boston Diocese or JL Cares of Jonathans Landing in Jupiter, Florida.