John Curry

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- John L. Curry, 84, of Villa Ridge died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born May 9, 1919, in Pulaski, Ill., son of Olen and Mattie Caudle Curry.

Curry was a grain and livestock farmer with Curry Farms, and a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Olmsted, Ill.

Survivors include his wife, Bertha; a daughter, Sheryl Meadows of Anna, Ill.; a son, Terry Curry of Villa Ridge; two sisters, Juanita Parker of Villa Ridge, Viola Dover of Grand Chain, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill., from 5 to 8 p.m. today, and Thursday at St. Luke Lutheran Church from 8 a.m. until time of service.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Carl Miller officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge.