Gillian Curry

Gillian Curry, 72, Nevada, Mo., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Cox Barton County Hospital, in Lamar. Gillian was born March 4, 1948, in Ipswich, England, to John and Evelyn M. (Mason) Bowman. On April 29, 1985, she was united in marriage to Donald Curry in Great Yarmouth, England, and he survives of the home.

Gillian grew up in England. She worked for a number of years at Debenhams Department Store in Ipswich, England as a window display designer. In 1998, Gillian came to Nevada with her husband Don to help him run the family hog operation. She was known to be a gracious host, enjoyed knitting and interior design, loved her dogs, and traveling with her husband.

In addition to her husband, Don, she is survived by a brother, John Bowman and his wife, Jayne, Ipswich, England; two nieces, and three nephews, all of Ipswich, England; her American family, a brother-in-law, David Curry and his wife, Sibyl, Celina, Texas; sisters-in-law, Sue Hughes and her husband, Bob, Nevada, Ronda Curry and her husband, Don Donnelly, Colchester, Vt., and Cathy Post and her husband, Dan, Oklahoma City, Okla.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 5, at Milo Cemetery in Milo, Mo., with the Rev. David Curry officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Logan David Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy (in honor of Gillian’s great-nephew, Logan) or Milo Cemetery in care of Ferry Funeral Home.

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