A funeral service for Virginia Ilene Curtis, 87, of Dresden, will be held at 11AM Tuesday at the Dresden Chapel of Vensil-Orr & Chute Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Dresden Cemetery. Mrs. Curtis died at 11PM Thursday January 1, 2004 at her home. She was born October 11, 1916 in Mt. Vernon, a daughter of the late Lewis and Edna Fowler. Mrs. Curtis and her late husband Jerry operated the Curtis Shoe Store at 619 Main Street in Dresden for 53 years. She attended the Dresden U. Methodist Church and was a member of the Dresden Village Association. Surviving are two sons, Roy (Vera) Curtis of Trinway, Lance (Lynn) Curtis of Adamsville, two daughters, Beverly (Tyrone) Kirk of Frazeysburg, Shirley (Charles) Vickers of Dresden, grandchildren, Brandi, Tanaya, Tai Kirk, Taylor Curtis, Dustin and Darin Ryan, Doug Vickers, Renee Martin, Brian Vickers, Neal Vickers, Shannon Curtis, 10 great grandchildren, a brother, Dr. John Fowler and a sister, Ruth Smith both of Mt. Vernon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald (Jerry) Curtis, whom she married on Feb. 13, 1937, on July 2, 1979; a son, Mark A. Curtis on May 24, 1975, a grandson, Shawn Curtis, brothers, Raymond, Kenneth, Floyd Fowler and an infant brother, Lewis Fowler and sisters, Rena Welker, Lucy Biggs and Hazel McFarland. Friends may call 2-4 & 7-9PM Monday at the funeral home in Dresden. Memorial contributions may be made to Central Ohio Hospice, 1984-A Coffman Rd., Newark, OH 43055; envelopes will be available at the funeral home.