Donald ''Dutch'' R. Curry Jr.

DONALD CURRY JR. MUSCATINE, Iowa #45;- Donald R. 'Dutch' Curry Jr., 65, of 800 W Eighth St., died peacefully at home with family on Friday, August 30, 2002, after an extended illness. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Rev. Don Swanson of the First Baptist Church will officiate. Pallbearers will be Brandon Garrett, Andy Summitt, Jason Donald Summitt, Tom Garrett, Barbara Sulzberger and Dana Troyer. Honorary Bearers will be Kirstin Sulzberger, Tyson Hill, Melissa Anderson, Chris Anderson, Danaka Garrett, Amber Troyer, Johnathan Troyer, Tesha Sulzberger, Rachel Curry and Dylan Donald Curry. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. A luncheon will be served following the committal service at First Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Donald Curry Memorial Fund. Mr. Curry was born on November 10, 1936, in Iowa City, the son of Donald R. and Lorene Martin Curry Sr.. He married Yvonne Church on July 11, 1956, in Muscatine. He was a US Army veteran serving as Military Police during the Korean Conflict. He had been a meat cutter at Osca...[more]

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eyers for 22 years. He retired from the HON Company Geneva Plant, having worked there for ten years. He loved fishing with his son and grandson. He enjoyed golfing, loved Nascar racing, and rode his scooter with the victory flag up when his man won. He enjoyed his garden and going to Florida in the winter. He was an avid Iowa Hawkeye Basketball fan. He loved to play practical jokes on those who were not fans. Survivors include his wife, Yvonne Curry of Muscatine; one son, Donald Ray Curry III and his wife, Michaela; four daughters, Vickey Anne Garrett and her husband, Tom, of Muscatine, Barbara Irene Sulzberger and her husband, Barry, of Muscatine, Julie Lynn Reimers and her husband, George, of Muscatine, and Lori Jane Troyer and her husband, Dana, of Lone Tree; 10 grandchildren, Brandon Garrett and his wife, Danaka, Melissa Anderson and her husband, Chris, Kirstin Sulzberger and her fiance, Tyson Hill, Tesha Sulzberger, Andy Summitt, Jason Donald Summitt, Rachel Curry, Dylan Donald Curry, Amber Troyer, and John Troyer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Donald and Lorene Curry, his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ray and Evelyn Church, and one grandson, Matthew Summitt.