PVT
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Gene appears on these two Censuses with his parents:
1930/ Missouri/ Jackson
h/ Robt D Curran, 32y b.KS, occ: Shipping Clerk/Feed Mill, * Veteran-No *
w/ Effie, 33y b.KS
d/ Roberta, 12y b.KS
s/ Warren, 7y b.KS
s/ Eugene, 5y b.KS
s/ DeWayne, 3y b.KS
s/ Robt Keith, 5mos b.MO
residence: 1646 Jackson Avenue, KC MO
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Robert D Curran, 41y b.KS, G8, occ: Warehouse Manager/Feed Mill
w/ Effie, 43y b.KS, G8
s/ Warren, 18y b.KS, H-3
s/ Eugene, 15y b.KS, G8
s/ DeWayne, 13y b.KS, G5
s/ Robert, 10y b.MO, G3
s/ Dale, 8y b.MO, G1
d/ Carol V, 4y b.KS
lodger [?]/ Harry R Kratzer, 2y b.KS
residence in 1935 (all but last two): same place
residence: 3094 N 22nd [Street], KCK
Gene married Catherine Copp in 1943, they have two children: Harold Jr and Vinita.
He was a Kansas City STAR newspaper carrier from 1948 to 1968. Family Records
World War II Army Enlistment Records,
documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946
CURRAN, HAROLD E
Army serial number: 37768795
Residence: Wyandotte County, Kansas
Place of Enlistment: Ft Leavenworth, KS
Date of Enlistment: 30 Apr 1945
Rank: Private
Year of birth/state: 1925/Kansas
Education: 2 years high school
Civilian occupation: Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations.
Marital status: Single w/o dependents [?]
http://aad.archives.gov
1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 106-60, pg 14)
h/ Harrold (sic) E Curran, 25y b.KS, occ: Route Manager/Paper Route
w/ Catherine, 24y b.KS, occ: Demonstrator/Brush Co
s/ Harrold (sic) E Jr, 4y b.KS
d/ Vinita K, 3y b.KS
residence: 1837 N 14th Street, KCK
HAROLD E CURRAN
Date of Birth: 11 March 1925
Date of Death: 25 January 1992
Est. Age at Death: 66Y 10M 14D
Issuing State: Kansas
Last known residence: not listed
SSDI
US Department of Veteran's Affairs Database: Curran, Harold E Sr, b.03/11/1925, d.01/25/1992, US Army, PVT, Residence: Kansas City, KS, Plot: 46 16 54, burial 01/29/1992
Link to brother, Robert Keith Curran. Sent edit to link parents 10 July 2021.
Published obituary:
Harold Eugene Curran Sr, 66, of the Camden Health Center, Harrisonville, died January 25, 1992, at Cass Medical Center. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and moved to Harrisonville in 1984. Mr Curran was a newspaper carrier with the Kansas City Star Co from 1948 to 1968. He then was an electrical worker for the Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, Kansas, for ten years, retiring in 1979. He was a member of Local 53 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Wyandotte Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include a son, Harold E Curran Jr, Kansas City, Kansas; a daughter, Vinita K Canright, Edgerton in Johnson County; two brothers, Robert Curran, Tonganoxie, Kansas, and B Dale Curran, Kansas City, Kansas; a stepbrother, H Jimmy Kratzer, Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Roberta Billings, Kansas City, Kansas, and Carol Rupp, Parma Heights, Ohio; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm today at the Bruce Chapel, Gardner in Johnson County. The family suggests contributions to the American Lung Association.
The Kansas City STAR
28 January 1992
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Gene appears on these two Censuses with his parents:
1930/ Missouri/ Jackson
h/ Robt D Curran, 32y b.KS, occ: Shipping Clerk/Feed Mill, * Veteran-No *
w/ Effie, 33y b.KS
d/ Roberta, 12y b.KS
s/ Warren, 7y b.KS
s/ Eugene, 5y b.KS
s/ DeWayne, 3y b.KS
s/ Robt Keith, 5mos b.MO
residence: 1646 Jackson Avenue, KC MO
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Robert D Curran, 41y b.KS, G8, occ: Warehouse Manager/Feed Mill
w/ Effie, 43y b.KS, G8
s/ Warren, 18y b.KS, H-3
s/ Eugene, 15y b.KS, G8
s/ DeWayne, 13y b.KS, G5
s/ Robert, 10y b.MO, G3
s/ Dale, 8y b.MO, G1
d/ Carol V, 4y b.KS
lodger [?]/ Harry R Kratzer, 2y b.KS
residence in 1935 (all but last two): same place
residence: 3094 N 22nd [Street], KCK
Gene married Catherine Copp in 1943, they have two children: Harold Jr and Vinita.
He was a Kansas City STAR newspaper carrier from 1948 to 1968. Family Records
World War II Army Enlistment Records,
documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946
CURRAN, HAROLD E
Army serial number: 37768795
Residence: Wyandotte County, Kansas
Place of Enlistment: Ft Leavenworth, KS
Date of Enlistment: 30 Apr 1945
Rank: Private
Year of birth/state: 1925/Kansas
Education: 2 years high school
Civilian occupation: Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations.
Marital status: Single w/o dependents [?]
http://aad.archives.gov
1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 106-60, pg 14)
h/ Harrold (sic) E Curran, 25y b.KS, occ: Route Manager/Paper Route
w/ Catherine, 24y b.KS, occ: Demonstrator/Brush Co
s/ Harrold (sic) E Jr, 4y b.KS
d/ Vinita K, 3y b.KS
residence: 1837 N 14th Street, KCK
HAROLD E CURRAN
Date of Birth: 11 March 1925
Date of Death: 25 January 1992
Est. Age at Death: 66Y 10M 14D
Issuing State: Kansas
Last known residence: not listed
SSDI
US Department of Veteran's Affairs Database: Curran, Harold E Sr, b.03/11/1925, d.01/25/1992, US Army, PVT, Residence: Kansas City, KS, Plot: 46 16 54, burial 01/29/1992
Link to brother, Robert Keith Curran. Sent edit to link parents 10 July 2021.
Published obituary:
Harold Eugene Curran Sr, 66, of the Camden Health Center, Harrisonville, died January 25, 1992, at Cass Medical Center. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and moved to Harrisonville in 1984. Mr Curran was a newspaper carrier with the Kansas City Star Co from 1948 to 1968. He then was an electrical worker for the Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, Kansas, for ten years, retiring in 1979. He was a member of Local 53 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Wyandotte Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include a son, Harold E Curran Jr, Kansas City, Kansas; a daughter, Vinita K Canright, Edgerton in Johnson County; two brothers, Robert Curran, Tonganoxie, Kansas, and B Dale Curran, Kansas City, Kansas; a stepbrother, H Jimmy Kratzer, Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Roberta Billings, Kansas City, Kansas, and Carol Rupp, Parma Heights, Ohio; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm today at the Bruce Chapel, Gardner in Johnson County. The family suggests contributions to the American Lung Association.
The Kansas City STAR
28 January 1992
PVT
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Gene appears on these two Censuses with his parents:
1930/ Missouri/ Jackson
h/ Robt D Curran, 32y b.KS, occ: Shipping Clerk/Feed Mill, * Veteran-No *
w/ Effie, 33y b.KS
d/ Roberta, 12y b.KS
s/ Warren, 7y b.KS
s/ Eugene, 5y b.KS
s/ DeWayne, 3y b.KS
s/ Robt Keith, 5mos b.MO
residence: 1646 Jackson Avenue, KC MO
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Robert D Curran, 41y b.KS, G8, occ: Warehouse Manager/Feed Mill
w/ Effie, 43y b.KS, G8
s/ Warren, 18y b.KS, H-3
s/ Eugene, 15y b.KS, G8
s/ DeWayne, 13y b.KS, G5
s/ Robert, 10y b.MO, G3
s/ Dale, 8y b.MO, G1
d/ Carol V, 4y b.KS
lodger [?]/ Harry R Kratzer, 2y b.KS
residence in 1935 (all but last two): same place
residence: 3094 N 22nd [Street], KCK
Gene married Catherine Copp in 1943, they have two children: Harold Jr and Vinita.
He was a Kansas City STAR newspaper carrier from 1948 to 1968. Family Records
World War II Army Enlistment Records,
documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946
CURRAN, HAROLD E
Army serial number: 37768795
Residence: Wyandotte County, Kansas
Place of Enlistment: Ft Leavenworth, KS
Date of Enlistment: 30 Apr 1945
Rank: Private
Year of birth/state: 1925/Kansas
Education: 2 years high school
Civilian occupation: Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations.
Marital status: Single w/o dependents [?]
http://aad.archives.gov
1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 106-60, pg 14)
h/ Harrold (sic) E Curran, 25y b.KS, occ: Route Manager/Paper Route
w/ Catherine, 24y b.KS, occ: Demonstrator/Brush Co
s/ Harrold (sic) E Jr, 4y b.KS
d/ Vinita K, 3y b.KS
residence: 1837 N 14th Street, KCK
HAROLD E CURRAN
Date of Birth: 11 March 1925
Date of Death: 25 January 1992
Est. Age at Death: 66Y 10M 14D
Issuing State: Kansas
Last known residence: not listed
SSDI
US Department of Veteran's Affairs Database: Curran, Harold E Sr, b.03/11/1925, d.01/25/1992, US Army, PVT, Residence: Kansas City, KS, Plot: 46 16 54, burial 01/29/1992
Link to brother, Robert Keith Curran. Sent edit to link parents 10 July 2021.
Published obituary:
Harold Eugene Curran Sr, 66, of the Camden Health Center, Harrisonville, died January 25, 1992, at Cass Medical Center. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and moved to Harrisonville in 1984. Mr Curran was a newspaper carrier with the Kansas City Star Co from 1948 to 1968. He then was an electrical worker for the Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, Kansas, for ten years, retiring in 1979. He was a member of Local 53 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Wyandotte Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include a son, Harold E Curran Jr, Kansas City, Kansas; a daughter, Vinita K Canright, Edgerton in Johnson County; two brothers, Robert Curran, Tonganoxie, Kansas, and B Dale Curran, Kansas City, Kansas; a stepbrother, H Jimmy Kratzer, Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Roberta Billings, Kansas City, Kansas, and Carol Rupp, Parma Heights, Ohio; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm today at the Bruce Chapel, Gardner in Johnson County. The family suggests contributions to the American Lung Association.
The Kansas City STAR
28 January 1992
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Gene appears on these two Censuses with his parents:
1930/ Missouri/ Jackson
h/ Robt D Curran, 32y b.KS, occ: Shipping Clerk/Feed Mill, * Veteran-No *
w/ Effie, 33y b.KS
d/ Roberta, 12y b.KS
s/ Warren, 7y b.KS
s/ Eugene, 5y b.KS
s/ DeWayne, 3y b.KS
s/ Robt Keith, 5mos b.MO
residence: 1646 Jackson Avenue, KC MO
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Robert D Curran, 41y b.KS, G8, occ: Warehouse Manager/Feed Mill
w/ Effie, 43y b.KS, G8
s/ Warren, 18y b.KS, H-3
s/ Eugene, 15y b.KS, G8
s/ DeWayne, 13y b.KS, G5
s/ Robert, 10y b.MO, G3
s/ Dale, 8y b.MO, G1
d/ Carol V, 4y b.KS
lodger [?]/ Harry R Kratzer, 2y b.KS
residence in 1935 (all but last two): same place
residence: 3094 N 22nd [Street], KCK
Gene married Catherine Copp in 1943, they have two children: Harold Jr and Vinita.
He was a Kansas City STAR newspaper carrier from 1948 to 1968. Family Records
World War II Army Enlistment Records,
documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946
CURRAN, HAROLD E
Army serial number: 37768795
Residence: Wyandotte County, Kansas
Place of Enlistment: Ft Leavenworth, KS
Date of Enlistment: 30 Apr 1945
Rank: Private
Year of birth/state: 1925/Kansas
Education: 2 years high school
Civilian occupation: Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations.
Marital status: Single w/o dependents [?]
http://aad.archives.gov
1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 106-60, pg 14)
h/ Harrold (sic) E Curran, 25y b.KS, occ: Route Manager/Paper Route
w/ Catherine, 24y b.KS, occ: Demonstrator/Brush Co
s/ Harrold (sic) E Jr, 4y b.KS
d/ Vinita K, 3y b.KS
residence: 1837 N 14th Street, KCK
HAROLD E CURRAN
Date of Birth: 11 March 1925
Date of Death: 25 January 1992
Est. Age at Death: 66Y 10M 14D
Issuing State: Kansas
Last known residence: not listed
SSDI
US Department of Veteran's Affairs Database: Curran, Harold E Sr, b.03/11/1925, d.01/25/1992, US Army, PVT, Residence: Kansas City, KS, Plot: 46 16 54, burial 01/29/1992
Link to brother, Robert Keith Curran. Sent edit to link parents 10 July 2021.
Published obituary:
Harold Eugene Curran Sr, 66, of the Camden Health Center, Harrisonville, died January 25, 1992, at Cass Medical Center. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and moved to Harrisonville in 1984. Mr Curran was a newspaper carrier with the Kansas City Star Co from 1948 to 1968. He then was an electrical worker for the Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, Kansas, for ten years, retiring in 1979. He was a member of Local 53 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Wyandotte Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include a son, Harold E Curran Jr, Kansas City, Kansas; a daughter, Vinita K Canright, Edgerton in Johnson County; two brothers, Robert Curran, Tonganoxie, Kansas, and B Dale Curran, Kansas City, Kansas; a stepbrother, H Jimmy Kratzer, Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Roberta Billings, Kansas City, Kansas, and Carol Rupp, Parma Heights, Ohio; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm today at the Bruce Chapel, Gardner in Johnson County. The family suggests contributions to the American Lung Association.
The Kansas City STAR
28 January 1992
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