Background
Curtis, Frances Jo was born on October 17, 1923 in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of William and Anna (Strelecki) Curnell.
Curtis, Frances Jo was born on October 17, 1923 in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of William and Anna (Strelecki) Curnell.
Student, University Detroit, 1952—1954. Student, Oakland University, 1974—1976. Graduate, Specs Howard School Broadcast Arts, 1979.
Founder, principal, Troy Realty, Michigan, since 1954. Founder, public Tri-City Messenger, Troy, 1956—1961. Owner Meadowbrook Realty & Mortgage, since 1976.
Owner, host radio program Station WTIQ, 1982—1992.
Secretary incorporated City of Troy, 1955. Founding member Industrial Committee Troy, 1957—1962, Library. Committee, 1959—1965, Sewer Committee, 1958—1962, Civic Center Committee, 1960—1965.
Member Crittenton Hospital Committee, Rochester, Michigan, 1958—1962. Muralist Mural in Lowell Thomas Museum, Victor Company, 1992, Riverside Rest Home, Windsor, Canada, 1993. Trustee Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame, since 1994.
Member of International Platform Association, Air Force Association (Michigan aerospace chairman since 1982, state vice president), Troy Chamber of Commerce (founder 1959), National Press (Washington).
Children: Carol Lowery, Dennis Curtis, Bradley Curtis.