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Calvin F. McCurdy, 95, of Creston, formerly of Massena, passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at Creston Specialty Care in Creston. Mass of Christian burial will be held Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church Reno, south of Cumberland, with burial in St. Timothy’s Catholic Cemetery. Full military graveside rites will be conducted by Williamson American Legion Post No. 719. Father Phillip Bempong will officiate the service.
Open visitation will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6 from 2 to 7 p.m. with family there to greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lamb Funeral Home in Massena. A rosary will be recited at 5 p.m.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com. Memorials may be made to Cal McCurdy memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date. The Lamb Funeral Home of Massena is in charge of professional arrangements.
Calvin Francis McCurdy was born Aug. 25, 1927, in Cumberland, the son of Walter William and Grace E. (Brown) McCurdy. Cal grew up on a farm south of Cumberland and graduated from Cumberland High School. He served his country in the United State Navy from 1945 to 1946.
On April 22, 1950, he was united in marriage to Wilma Irene Palma in Omaha, Nebraska. To this union four children were born: Linda, Mike, Jerry and Karen. They lived on a farm south of Cumberland for nine years. In 1959 they bought the farm southeast of Massena, where Cal resided until September 2021.
Cal was very proud of his service in the Navy and of his baseball playing days. It always brought him joy to tell stories of both, but his family and his love of the land in farming was most important. He loved all sports, fishing, farming and especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Cal was a member of St. Timothy’s Catholic Church (Reno) and Williamson American Legion Post No. 719. He was a past member of Cumberland Red Sox, Massena Muskrats, Cal’s Clowns (softball) and Billy Mac Wolfpack (until he was 60 years old).
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Wilma; grandson, Dustin; brothers, Leo, Cecil and Walter McCurdy; sisters, Mabel Schrier, Edna Piearson, Wilma Geary and Eleanor Kraack and daughter-in-law, Deb McCurdy.
He is survived by his four children, Linda (Don) Reineke of Massena, Mike (Sandy) McCurdy of Bridgewater, Jerry McCurdy of Cumberland and Karen (Kevin) Bower of Polk City; nine grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; sister, Marjorie Adair of Missouri; other relatives and friends.