Odessa Colene Curtis

Background

Curtis, Odessa Colene was born on January 29, 1924 in Royalton, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Forrest and Martha Magdalene (Crane) Johnson.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Sacred Heart Dominican College, Houston, 1964. Postgraduate in Nursing, Texas Women's University, 1974—1975.

Career

Staff nurse labor and delivery St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, 1947—1948. Staff nurse University Texas Doctor of Medicine Anderson Hospital, Houston, 1961—1963. Charge nurse labor and delivery Memorial Baptist Hospital Southwest, 1963—1965.

Nursing supervisor City Houston Department Public Health, since 1965. Commentator American Public Health Convention, New Orleans, 1974.

Achievements

• Odessa Colene Curtis has been listed as a noteworthy public health nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware 13th Sen. District Republican Party, Houston, 1980. Volunteer United Way, 1983. Den mother Boy Scouts American Pack 535, 1958.

Member of American Red Cross, American Nurses Association, Texas Public Health Association, Texas Nurse Association District 9, St. Thomas University Alumni Association, Sacred Heart Dominican College Alumni Association.

Connections

Married Dean Daniel Curtis, June 18, 1945. Children: Joseph A., Jon M.