Curtiss ‘Curt’ Eddy

    Curtiss E. “Curt” Eddy, age 80 years, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital-Ozaukee in Mequon, Wis.
    He was born July 22, 1940, to Curtiss E. and Helen Slicker Eddy.  
    Born and raised in West Allis, Wis., after high school he went on to college and received a degree in music and later his masters of education degree.  
    Curt started teaching in Almond, Wis., and later in Crandon, Wis., where he met Kathleen Netzel. They were married on Aug. 12, 1967, and started a family, living in Crandon, Wis.
    Curt took a job teaching music at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Port Washington, Wis., in 1974, and the family moved to North Webster Street in Port Washington. Although he began in the middle school, he moved to the elementary schools in the district and retired in 2003.  He loved teaching and enjoyed running into former students, remembering their names and catching up with their lives.
    When he wasn’t teaching, he loved to be making music or enjoying it. He was in the Port Washington City Band and played in the pit for the Port Washington Summer Theatre.  
    Curt enjoyed being outdoors, camping and gardening or working on his latest woodworking project.
    A man of faith, he served as choir director and served on the church council for Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grafton, Wis.  Curt and his wife Kathy were charter congregants of St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church in Port Washington, Wis.  In 1980, they started having church services at the former Knights of Columbus Hall in Port Washington until the current church on Grant Street was completed.   
    Through the years, he helped out when needed and always had a smile or tune to share.
    He is survived by his wife Kathleen and  children Heather (Jim) Krause of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., Heath (fiancee Kayla Martinez) Eddy of Slinger, Wis., and Paige Eddy of Fredonia, Wis. He is further survived by grandchildren Nathan, Quinton, Z, Deidre and Kasey, other relatives and friends.  
    He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Nancy Stamey and nephew Dale Stamey.
    Pastor Martin Wildauer officiated the funeral services on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church,  Port Washington, Wis.  
    Poole Funeral Home/Crematory, Port Washington, Wis., assisted the family. Information and condolences are available at www.poolefh.com or (262) 284-4431.