OBIT: Franklin K. CURRAN, 1897, Marietta, Lancaster County, PA

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FRANKLIN K. CURRAN DEAD.

He Was a School Director for 21 Years
and Also a County Auditor.

Franlin K. Curran, one of the best known men in the county, died on Wednesday 
evening at 8 o'clock at his home, in Marietta.  He was in failing health for 
several years from infirmities incident to advancing age and was blind for 
eleven years.  He was 78 years of age and lived in Marietta from his birth to 
his death.  Mr. Curran was a Democrat in politics and was one of the leaders in 
that section of the county.  He served as a school director for twenty-one 
years, a greater portion of which time he was secretary of the board.  He served 
one term as the Democratic county auditor and some years later his son, Brice 
Curran, was elected to the same position.

Mr. Curran took an active interest in the affairs of his native borough, was 
held in high esteem and was very popular, being elected school director as a 
Democrat several times when the borough was strongly Republican.  He was one of 
the charter members of Donegal lodge of Odd Fellows.

His wife and these children survive:  Elizabeth, married and living in 
Philadelphia; Miss Ella, James and Brice, of Marietta, and Frank and George, of 
Philadelphia.  His funeral takes place on Saturday at 4 o'clock.


IN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE PAPER:

DEATHS.

CURRAN. – In Marietta, on the 11th inst., Franklin K. Curran, aged 78 years.

The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from 
his late residence, in Marietta, on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.  Interment 
at Marietta cemetery.



Lancaster Intelligencer, Thursday, August 12, 1897