Alice Curtis

<div style="margin: 0in 20.4pt 0pt 0in"><span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">ATHENS - Alice R. Curtis, passed away, at home surrounded by family, August 19, 2010. She was born August 17, 1932 to the late Rev. Lewis and Mrs. Elsie Tabler Butcher. <div style="margin: 0in 20.4pt 0pt 0in">&nbsp;<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">Alice Curtis spent the majority of her adult l<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">i<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">fe work<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">i<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">ng to better the li<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">v<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">es of the residents of ATHENS county<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">, <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">Ohio, particularly the lives of senior citizens. Alice was one of the original members of the Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council which through her valuable input&nbsp;became and continues to be an effective voice and advocate for the elderly residents of Southeastern Ohio.&nbsp; <div style="margin: 0in 20.4pt 0pt 0in"><span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">Alice was ver<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">y <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">aware or the needs of the elderly and through her efforts assisted in the format<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">i<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">on of the Housing for ATHENS -e<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">n<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">ior Residents <span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">(<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">HASR<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">) <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">organization <span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">w<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">hich faci<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">l<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">itated the funding&nbsp;and construction of a forty-fi<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">v<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">e apartment housing complex (Heritage Commons Apartments<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">) <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">to ser<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">v<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">e the elderly in ATHENS county. Her sincere interest in meeting the housing needs of the elderly continued as she assumed the management responsibilities of two, new additional elderly&nbsp;housing complexes (Sheltering Arms Apartments and Beasley Mill Apartments) in Athens. Through her efforts these two housing projects were rented-up and maintained. She continued the overall management of all three housing complexes (a total of 107 apartment units) for a&nbsp;period of three <span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">y<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">ears. After that period Alice turned Sheltering Arms and Beasley Mill over to others<span style="color: #2e2e30; font-size: 11.5pt">, <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">who she helped train<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">, <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">to manage so that she could concentrate her efforts on Heritage Commons and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).&nbsp; <div style="margin: 0in 20.4pt 0pt 0in"><span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">Alice actively participated in numerous training activ<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">i<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">ties in order to better prepare herself to provide the best possible services of ATHENS county<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">. <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">Her experience and knowledge were great&nbsp;assets to the development of new personnel entering the housing management field<span style="color: #2e2e30; font-size: 11.5pt">. <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">Alice was certified b<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">y <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">the U<span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt">.<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">S Department of Housing and Urban Development (<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">H<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">UD) to interpret&nbsp;residency regulations and to manage HUD subsidized elderly housing projects.&nbsp; <div style="margin: 0in 20.4pt 0pt 0in"><span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">Alice Curtis<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">' <span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">positive influence on the betterment of the lives of the elderly residents of Southeastern Ohio will be felt for many future generat<span style="color: #17161a; font-size: 11.5pt">i<span style="color: #000004; font-size: 11.5pt">ons<span style="color: #2e2e30; font-size: 11.5pt">. <span style="font-size: 11.5pt">Alice is survived by her four children, Herbert "Butch& (Dorothy) of Canal Winchester, Clarence (Becky) of Athens, Steve of Athens, and Rosetta (Jim) Miller of Columbus.&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 11.5pt">Alice adored her 10 grandchildren and most recently she enjoyed one great grandson. She also leaves to mourn her death, brothers, Rev. John (Anita) Butcher, Mark Butcher; sisters, Irene (Bill) Lucas, Madge (Herman) Stewart, and Zelma Hill.&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 11.5pt">Alice also leaves many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and her Haga Mission Church family. <span style="font-size: 11.5pt">In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers; Robert, Floyd, and William "Sam& Butcher.&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 11.5pt">Services will be Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Hughes-Moquin Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Skellett officiating. Final resting place will be in Haga Ridge Road Cemetery in Stewart. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 4 to 8 PM. You may send the family a message of sympathy at <a href="http://www.hughesmoquinfuneralhome.com/"><font color="#0000ff">www.hughesmoquinfuneralhome.com</font></a>. &nbsp;