Vincent Curry

August 29, 2009

OBITUARY INFORMATION Saugerties, NY ? Vincent P. Curry, Sr. died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Kingston Hospital. He was 90 years old. Mr. Curry was born on November 5, 1918 in New York City, the son of Peter and Helen Knipe Curry. On September 14 1941 he married the former Milena Yovanovich. They would have celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in two weeks. He retired from Lehigh Cement Company where he was employed as a welder. During WWII he served in the US Navy aboard the USS LST 907 during the Normandy D-Day invasion. Continuing through last year he regularly attended the annual LST reunions. A parishioner of St. John the Evangelist in Centerville, he was also a former member of Saugerties Knights of Columbus Council #4536. He was also a life member of Saxton Fire Company. In addition to his wife, Mr. Curry is survived by three sons, Vincent P. Curry, Jr. of Saugerties, Richard Curry of Saugerties and Donald Curry of Catskill, NY; 10 Grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his son, Dennis Curry; three brothers, Peter, John & Edward Curry; and two sisters, Agnes Cunningham and Helen Curry. A funeral procession will form 9:15 AM Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Buono Funeral Service, Inc., Main Street Chapel, Saugerties, NY and then proceed to St. John the Evangelist Parish Complex in Centerville where a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Monsignor William Williams will officiate. Interment will follow immediately in St. Mary of the Snow Cemetery, Barclay Heights, Saugerties. Friends may call Tuesday, September 1, 2009 from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM and again from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Buono Funeral Service, Inc..