Dr. Michael Hubert James Curtis

Mike was born November 7, 1944, in Glendale, California. His family moved to Grants Pass, Oregon, when he was 8 years old, and he graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1962. He was a High School All-American in track and swimming, NAIA Collegiate All-American swimmer, state champion swimmer and qualifier for the 1960 US Olympics Trials in swimming. He attended Lewis and Clark College for two years with a swimming scholarship. For many years he held the national record in the master's division for swimming the 400 IM. He graduated from Oregon State University with degrees in both business and in civil engineering. While working as an engineer at Bechtel, his first job, he concurrently completed a Juris Doctorate at Golden State University in San Francisco, California. He was relocated to Amarillo, Texas, to oversee the construction of a copper refinery. He stayed behind after the project, and founded Curtis Construction Co., a heavy industrial construction company with as many as 300 employees at a time. Later in his career, when most people might retire, he rose to an assistant director level with the City of Austin, responsible for over $100 Million in sidewalk construction projects.

Mike was preceded in death by his father, Hubert, and his mother, Lucile. He is survived by his wife, Teresa; children, Sue Brundege (James), Lara Peterson (Eric), Yale Curtis (Molly), Jace Curtis (Kendra) and Montana Curtis (Chad); stepson, Carlos Anthony Rivera; sister, Nancy Barash; seven grandchildren, Eric ‘Hunter’ Peterson, Cole Peterson, Aiden Curtis, Grace Curtis, Ava Curtis, Forrest Shuford and Banks Shuford; nephews, Michael, Andrew, Griffin and Tucker Barash. He is loved and missed.

The family will receive friends during a visitation on Monday, December 2, 2019, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with a rosary at 7:00 p.m. at Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral Home, 6300 West William Cannon Drive, Austin, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 3, at 3:30 p.m. at San Jose Catholic Church, 2435 Oak Crest Ave in Austin, and will be followed by a Rite of Committal at Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial Park, 6300 West William Cannon Dr., Austin. After the interment, a reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral Home.

Contributions may be made to the START Center for Cancer Care, 4383 Medical Dr. San Antonio, Texas, 78229, in Mike’s memory.