Fern L. Curtis

Fern L. Curtis, age 92, of Ottawa, passed away Friday, August 14, 2020, at Rock Creek of Ottawa. Graveside inurnment service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 18, 2020, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Fern was born October 14, 1927, at Ottawa, the daughter of Roy Everett and Anna Johanna (Buss) Curtis. She was a long-time Ottawa resident. She graduated from Osawatomie High School, Osawatomie, Kansas. Fern was a seamstress at H.D. Lee in Ottawa, assembly worker at King Radio, Ottawa, and H.D. Lee in Merriam, Kansas. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church teaching Sunday school for 33 years. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Harold Curtis. Survivors include her brother Frederick Curtis, Sr. of North Kansas City, Missouri; and four nieces and nephews, Melinda Bluff of Taylors, South Carolina, Keith Curtis of Ottawa, Reignald “Reggie” Curtis of Linn, Missouri, and Fred Curtis, Jr. of North Kansas City, Missouri.