Individual Details

Curtis Merle Stark

(26 Nov 1963 - 24 Feb 2014)

Posted at findagrave.com: GRANITEVILLE, S.C. - Master Sgt. Curtis Merle Stark, 50, U.S. Army and Vermont Army National Guard retired, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at his home. A complete obituary will be published in a future edition of The Times Argus. The Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy St. in Barre, Vt., is in charge of the arrangements.
Published in Times Argus on Feb. 26, 2014
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GRANITEVILLE, S.C. - Master Sgt. Curtis Merle Stark, 50, U.S. Army/Vermont Army National Guard retired, of Pendulum Ridge, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at his home with his loving wife, Laura, at his bedside. Born Nov. 26, 1963, in Carmichael, Calif., he was the dear son of Thomas C. and Julia (North) Stark. He attended Mount St. Joseph Academy in Rutland and graduated from Lyndon Institute in Lyndonville in 1981.On Jan. 20, 2006, he married Laura Delrossi in Vergennes. Following their marriage, they made their home in Vergennes, moving to Graniteville, S.C., after his military retirement in 2011. Being a career military man, he served with the U.S. Army in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and had been awarded two Bronze Service Stars, as well as several theater and meritorious and achievement ribbons. He later transferred to the Vermont Army National Guard, where he retired as a master sergeant after 23 years of dedicated service. He belonged to the American Legion in Vergennes and was an avid softball player and outdoor enthusiast. Curtis will always be remembered as a loving and dedicated son, husband, father, grandfather, friend and comrade in arms who will be greatly missed by his family and all whose lives he touched during the precious 50 years he spent on Earth. He shall live forever in the hearts and minds of his loved ones.Besides his wife, Laura, he leaves his mother, Julie, of Barre Town; stepsons William Vaughan, of Graniteville, S.C., and U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Taylor and his wife, Meg, of Belleview, Neb.; stepdaughter Jessica Greco, and her husband, Chris, of Rutland; and grandchildren Joshua and Kaitlynn Taylor and Olivia Greco. Also surviving is his brother, Chris Stark, of Graniteville, Vt., and sister, Janis Stark, of Barre, and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father, Tom, in August of 2007. Master Sgt. Stark's life will be honored and celebrated Saturday, March 1, 2014, at 11 a.m. in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hersey Road, Berlin. Entombment will be made in the Hooker and Whitcomb receiving vault, 7 Academy St., Barre, to await burial with full military honors at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center next spring. There are no calling hours.The Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy St., Barre, is in charge of the arrangements.
Published in Times Argus on Feb. 27, 2014
Published in Times Argus on Mar. 6, 2014

Events

Birth26 Nov 1963Carmichael, Sacramento Co., California
Death24 Feb 2014Graniteville, Aiken Co., South Carolina
BurialVermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Randolph Center, Orange Co., Vermont

Families

FatherThomas Clinton Stark (1933 - 2007)
MotherJulia A. North ( - )
SiblingJanis L. Stark (1960 - )
SiblingThomas Christopher Stark (1961 - )

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