Individual Details

Myrtle M Lamb

(26 Jun 1893 - 22 Nov 1991)

Myrtle Curtice, 98, died Nov. 22, 1991, at Cozad. She was born in a sod house June 26, 1893, at Willow island to Bige and Mary Roland [Rowland] Lamb. She attended rural schools and later a dressmaking school at Gothenburg. She lived in various area family homes, taking care of their sewing and dressmaking needs. Dec. 31, 1924, she married Guy Curtice and they resided on a farm near Smithfield before moving to a farm at Willow Island. Mrs. Curtice was preceded in death by her husband in 1983; a daughter, Mary Etta; a brother Vollard; and two sisters, Gussie Thomison and Estie Miller. She was a member of Army Mothers and Lucerne Valley Club. She is survived by two sons, Harold Jr. and wife Lee of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Archie and wife Alice of Cozad; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. A memorial has been established to the Cozad Public Library. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Church of Christ on Newell street with Jim Henry officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery north of Willow Island. Visitation will be 1-9 p.m. today at Berryman Funeral Home at Cozad which is in charge of arrangements. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska. Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

Events

Birth26 Jun 1893Willow Island, Dawson Co., Nebraska
Residence1900Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Willow Island, Dawson, Nebraska, USA
Marriage31 Dec 1924Guy Curtice
Death22 Nov 1991Cozad, Dawson Co., Nebraska
Alt nameMyrtle Lamb
RaceWhite
BurialGrand View Cemetery, Gothenburg, Dawson Co., Nebraska

Families

SpouseGuy Curtice (1896 - 1983)
ChildHarold Junior Curtice (1928 - 2011)
ChildArchie Curtice (1934 - 2011)
ChildMary Etta Curtice (1936 - 1952)
FatherEnoch Abiga Lamb (1856 - 1939)
MotherMary Ellen Rowland (1860 - 1935)
SiblingEstia M. Lamb (1883 - 1962)
SiblingVollard Bradley Lamb (1886 - 1970)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Willow Island, Dawson, Nebraska; Roll: 921; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0087; FHL microfilm: 1240921.

2. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

3. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Willow Island, Dawson, Nebraska; Roll: 921; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0087; FHL microfilm: 1240921.

4. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

5. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

6. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

7. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Willow Island, Dawson, Nebraska; Roll: 921; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0087; FHL microfilm: 1240921.

8. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.