Wendell Page Curtis Sr.

Wendell’s Journey Wendell Page Curtis, Sr., at the age of seventy-eight (78), passed away at home on August 13, 2024. He was born to the late King Elwood Curtis, Sr. and Novella Jones Curtis on October 22, 1945 in Princess Anne, Maryland. He graduated from Somerset High School and developed his work ethic at an early age by working on local farms. For a short time, he co-owned a store. He studied to obtain his Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and later owned and operated his dump truck under the name Curtis & Sons Trucking. His work history was extensive to include Occidental Chemicals, Campbell Soup Company, I.A. Construction and JND Landscaping. After retirement from Somerset County Roads, Wendell and his wife opened up Bizzy Bee Day Care Center in Princess Anne, where he was affectionately known as “Mr. Wendell.” Wendell was very good with math and he loved to read and educate himself. He would watch co-workers operate machinery and could then use the machine without formal instruction. As he learned, he taught others, but he always joked that “I never taught them everything I know.” Wendell loved to do anything that involved being outdoors including working on cars, walking to the mailbox as his exercise, driving his tractor, and he knew how to scat-a-cat. He loved to talk with people and often encouraged them to “be and to do good.” In his latter years, he formed a close knit friendship with his grandson, TreShawn, whom he called his “little buddy.” Wendell was married to Elizabeth Anne Curtis whom he adored, and they were together for fifty (50) years. He belonged to Mt. Hope AME Zion Church in Princess Anne, MD as a youth, and Wendell and Anne returned to Mt. Hope together in 2010 during his mother’s interment service. Wendell loved to sing, and he sang in the Mt. Hope choir as a youth and an adult. Wendell is survived by: his loving wife, Elizabeth; his children, Thornita, Juanita, Terrill, Wendell, Jr., Jermaine, and Takia and one brother, Daniel. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, one great grandchild, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Preston, Paul, Walter and King Curtis, Jr. Lovingly Submitted ~ The Family

Wendell Page Curtis Sr.

October 22, 1945 - August 13, 2024