On June 11, 2020, Lovera Dabney (Veach) Curtis, a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, friend, prayer partner, traveling buddy, business manager, missionary went to be with the Lord in heaven.
Lovera was born on May 13, 1931, in Dallas Texas. She is preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy (Dabney) Veach, her father, Harold Whitlow Veach, and her brother, Harold Whitlow Veach, Jr. As of this writing there are only two left living from her generation associated with the family. Tom Cooper, her first cousin from her mom’s sister, Marion Dabney Cooper and, Veda Carter Veach, her late brother’s wife.
Lovera’s father was mostly absent from the time when she was 2 years old on. Her childhood was spent with her mother and older brother living in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area staying close to her maternal grandparents, Edward and Clyde (Cox) Dabney.
Lovera attended North Dallas High School during which time she met her future husband, Ross Edmund (Ed) Curtis. She graduated in 1948 and they were married on October 7, 1950, following Ed’s graduation from Texas A&M University. Ed entered active-duty military service (Army) after graduation and they were stationed in Fort Benning, Ga. Ed was then deployed to Korea in early 1951, returning after sustaining a shrapnel injury. Lovera in the meantime gave birth to their first child, Stephen Eugene (1951).
Lovera and Ed decided to leave the active-duty military service and returned to Houston. Ed continued with part-time military service by joining the Texas National Guard. They then returned in 1952 to Dallas, Texas where Ed began working for his cousin’s Trinity Brass and Copper Company and continued in the National Guard through 1960. During that time their other two children were born, David Edmund (1953), and Linda Carol (1956).
In June 1960, Ed chose to reenter active-duty military service with the Bay of Pigs looming. Lovera managed the family with military moves to Germany in 1962, followed by Ft Knox in 1965. Ed did his first tour in Vietnam in 1967. Lovera took the kids to California to be close to her brother and his family. In 1968 they moved to Virginia for 3 years.
While Ed was on his second tor of duty in Vietnam (1971-1973), Lovera packed up the kids and moved back to Texas, settling in the Waco are. She had gone back to college for a couple of years and with both sons now graduated from High School and striking out on their own, leaving only Linda at home, Lovera starting a new career in accounting. She was employed providing bookkeeping and tax services for various companies in Waco. In 1978 Linda married and left home.
Lovera then embraced new opportunities in her life. She was offered and accepted a position in Austin to manage a Christian bookstore. She relocated to Austin, managing the bookstore and continued her bookkeeping for several companies in the area. She subsequently decided to start her own bookkeeping business for people that couldn’t afford tax accountants. This allowed her more time to spend with her church affiliations and volunteer work.
One of Lovera’s most memorable moments was when she as a teenager, was being chosen as part of her Girl Scout troop, to honor Dallas by taking the Inaugural Flight out of Love Field in Dallas Texas, in 1946. Then at age 67, Lovera decided to change careers and became a missionary (doing short term trips) for the next 3 years. In her life, she would travel to Africa, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Canada and even lived in Germany for 3 years.
In 2005 at age 73, Lovera relocated to Kansas City, Missouri to be part of a Christian Church that catered to Missionaries on and off the missions' field. They also provided a Bible University and music academy for young people.
She was blessed with three children, seven grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, and too many great-grandchildren to count.
We were blessed to know and love her.
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