HUDDLE, Curtis "Curt" - b. August 23, 1931 - d. June 15, 2013

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Curtis "Curt" Huddle, age 81, of Independence, Kansas, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 15, 2013.  Curtis was born August 23, 1931 to the late Everett Elton and Matilda Huddle.

Curtis graduated from Cedar Vale High School in Cedar Vale, Kansas and attended community college majoring in industrial arts education.  After proudly serving his country in the United States Navy, he relocated to New Hampshire where he married and had two daughters.  After retiring from Western Electric in North Andover, Massachusetts after 21 years of employment, Curt spent ten more years employed by Beaver Valley Farms in Pelham, New Hampshire before retiring for the second time in 1996.  He then moved back to his home state of Kansas where he met and married his wife of almost fifteen years, Faith (Kimzey) Huddle on October 9, 1998.

Curt was a long time leader for the Boy Scouts of America, served on the Board of Directors of the Meade Base Boy Scouts Camp, and was an active member of the Community Christian Church in Independence, Kansas.

He will be lovingly remembered and sorely missed by his wife, Faith Huddle of the home; one sister, Judy French of Grenola, Kansas; two daughters, Linda Strecker and husband, Gerald of Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania and Pam Vibert and husband, Calvin of Salem, New Hampshire; 4 stepchildren, Rolinda Tomlinson of Elk Falls, Kansas, Perry Russell of Peru, Kansas, Curtis Strasburg of Fredonia, Kansas, and David Strasberg of Cedar Vale, Kansas; 18 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.  He is preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Cordas Huddle; and his sister, Phyllis Hawkins.

A celebration of Curt's life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, June 21, 2013 at the Community Christian Church, 3035 S. 10th, Independence, Kansas 67301.  A graveside service will immediately follow in the Longton Cemetery in Longton, Kansas.  In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorials to the Community Christian Church or the Arthritis Foundation and may be left in care of David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 67361 which is in charge of arrangements.

(taken from the David. W. Barnes Funeral Home website)