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Curtis King 1918 - 1984

Curtis Delmer King of Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri was born on November 20, 1918 in Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma United States, and died at age 65 years old on February 1, 1984 in Moberly, Randolph County, MO. Curtis King was buried at Indian Cemetery in Miami, Ottawa County, OK.

Curtis Delmer King
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Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri 65270
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November 20, 1918
Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, 74354, United States
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  • 11/20
    1918

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    November 20, 1918
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    Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma 74354, United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Curtis' obituary said that he was an Ottawa Indian.

  • Religious Beliefs

    Curtis was a member of the Baptist Church.

  • Military Service

    Curtis served as a Private in the United States Army during World War II.

  • Professional Career

    He was an interior decorator.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Curtis Delmer King was born November 20th, 1918 in Miami, Oklahoma to Walter Gokey King (1881 - 1964) and Louise Belle H. Holmes (1888 - 1966) and he had siblings Walter, Clarence, Myrtle, Ada, Kenneth, Lorene, Mary Ann, and Don. On his World War II draft card, Curtis described himself as being five feet and eleven inches tall and as weighing 135 pounds. He had hazel eyes, black hair, and a "light brown" complexion. Curtis D. King married Mary Aurelia Kirkaldie (1918 - 2011) on October 10th, 1939 in Chinook, Montana and they had two sons, including James Carlton (1942 - 1984). Curtis also married Ellen Viola Sumpter Colley on December 23rd, 1983 in Columbia, Missouri. He was a life member of the American Legion. See Curtis King: Obituary.
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    February 1, 1984
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    Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri 65270, United States
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    Indian Cemetery in Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma 74363, United States
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    MIAMI, Okla. - Curtis D. King, 65, Moberly, Mo., formerly of Miami, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home after an illness. Mr. King was born Nov. 20, 1918 in Ottawa County, near Miami. He was an Ottawa Indian, and interior decorator, a World War II Army veteran, a member of the Baptist Church and a life member of the American Legion. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elder King; two sons, James King, St. Louis, and Curtis King, the state of Alaska; one brother, Don King, Tulsa; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Weston and Mrs. Lorene Montgomery, both of Midwest City, and Mrs. Mary Ann Angelo and Ada Savoie, both of Miami, and three grandchildren. - Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) February 2, 1984 on page 20.
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In 1918, in the year that Curtis King was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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In 1933, he was merely 15 years old when on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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