Rowley
Rowley Marvin Curtis
d. March 23, 2014
1937~2014
Rowley Marvin Curtis, 77, of Springville passed away on March 23, 2014 of causes incident to age. He was born January 10, 1937 in Salina, Utah, to John Marvin Curtis and Cecil Jane Rowley Curtis. He graduated from Springville High School in 1955, where, as a senior he operated his own dairy and herd. He was elected as the chapter President of the FFA, named as the Utah Star Farmer and elected as the Utah State President of the FFA and as a National Vice President of the FFA. It was then he met his sweetheart, Betty Kay Ainge and they were married in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.
He is survived by his wife, Betty and seven children, Corin (Robert) Hall, Payson; Nan (Paul) Black, Goshen; Chad (Janene) Curtis, Springville; Brent Curtis, Springville; Taunya (Randy) Bellew, Springville; Jesse (Dianne) Curtis, Mapleton; Jennifer (Paul) McElligott of Saratoga Springs. He is also survived by his sister Joylene Kitchen, Fresno, California; also 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, John Marvin and Cecil Jane Rowley Curtis, and three grandsons, Jeremy and Jay Hall and Brandon Curtis.
Rowley has owned and operated several businesses over the years. After he lost his dairy to a fire, he started a poultry ranch under his own label of Mountain View Eggs, producing and selling eggs from over 30,000 laying hens and from other producers in the state, combining all their production and wholesaling to stores and markets throughout Utah and northern Arizona with his small fleet of trucks. He later sold insurance for New York Life, was water master for Springville Irrigation Company and Springville City. He drove school bus for the Nebo School district for 13 years. He was founder and operator of Rowley Curtis and Sons Concrete Contracting which he ran for over 25 years. After retiring, he and Betty served missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Richmond, Virginia; as stake missionaries locally and a mission at Employment Resources. He served in various church callings from scouting, young men's programs, stake missionary as a Seventy, ward clerk and counselor in a bishopric.
Special thanks to Encompass Hospice Care for their help.
Funeral will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 11:00 am in the LDS Kolob 8th Ward Chapel located at 840 South 400 East Springville, Utah. Viewings will be held on Wednesday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville and Thursday one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.
Rowley Marvin Curtis, 77, of Springville passed away on March 23, 2014 of causes incident to age. He was born January 10, 1937 in Salina, Utah, to John Marvin Curtis and Cecil Jane Rowley Curtis. He graduated from Springville High School in 1955, where, as a senior he operated his own dairy and herd. He was elected as the chapter President of the FFA, named as the Utah Star Farmer and elected as the Utah State President of the FFA and as a National Vice President of the FFA. It was then he met his sweetheart, Betty Kay Ainge and they were married in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.
He is survived by his wife, Betty and seven children, Corin (Robert) Hall, Payson; Nan (Paul) Black, Goshen; Chad (Janene) Curtis, Springville; Brent Curtis, Springville; Taunya (Randy) Bellew, Springville; Jesse (Dianne) Curtis, Mapleton; Jennifer (Paul) McElligott of Saratoga Springs. He is also survived by his sister Joylene Kitchen, Fresno, California; also 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, John Marvin and Cecil Jane Rowley Curtis, and three grandsons, Jeremy and Jay Hall and Brandon Curtis.
Rowley has owned and operated several businesses over the years. After he lost his dairy to a fire, he started a poultry ranch under his own label of Mountain View Eggs, producing and selling eggs from over 30,000 laying hens and from other producers in the state, combining all their production and wholesaling to stores and markets throughout Utah and northern Arizona with his small fleet of trucks. He later sold insurance for New York Life, was water master for Springville Irrigation Company and Springville City. He drove school bus for the Nebo School district for 13 years. He was founder and operator of Rowley Curtis and Sons Concrete Contracting which he ran for over 25 years. After retiring, he and Betty served missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Richmond, Virginia; as stake missionaries locally and a mission at Employment Resources. He served in various church callings from scouting, young men's programs, stake missionary as a Seventy, ward clerk and counselor in a bishopric.
Special thanks to Encompass Hospice Care for their help.
Funeral will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 11:00 am in the LDS Kolob 8th Ward Chapel located at 840 South 400 East Springville, Utah. Viewings will be held on Wednesday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville and Thursday one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.
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