CURAVO, Julia H.

The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona Sunday, March 9, 2003 Julia H. Morgan, born March 4, 1912 near Las Cruces, NM, to Frankie Mae Huff and John Henry Nusbaum. She died three days after her 91st birthday on March 7, 2003 in Glendale, AZ. One of 13 children Julia is the last of her generation. She followed her husband James W. Morgan to Glendale from El Paso, TX, in October of 1935 with her oldest son, Wesley. On February 2, 1936 she gave birth to Clarence; on October 24, 1937 she gave birth to Frankie Alice and on April 1, 1939 she gave birth to Mary Katherine. In 1940 the family purchased a home on a small acreage East of Glendale where she lived out her life. She operated the Golden Rule Nursery and Kindergarten in Glendale from 1951 until 1973. Julia understood the power of love and reached out to many. For many years, she visited the TB wards of the old Maricopa County Hospital to write letters and help in any way she could. TB was highly contagious and to be sent to the facility was essentially a death sentence but she went year after year. She was a faithful member of the Glendale Free Methodist Church from 1936 until her death. She was a friend and help to many in her life and a woman of great faith. Julia was a bell ringer volunteer for the Salvation Army for many years. She assumed the best, expected the best and did her best. Her husband Jim (Slim) died in 1971 and in 1977 Julia married an old family friend, Charles Curavo with whom she shared twelve years. Her sons, Wesley and Clarence Morgan, daughter, Frankie Brown, (Mrs. Emery Brow), all of Glendale, and Mary Vandever, (Mrs. Gerald Vandever), of Prescott, survive her with 12 grandchildren and 23 great- grandchildren, many whom still live in the Glendale area. Visitation 5-8 PM, Tuesday, March 11th, at Chapel of the Chimes, Glendale, AZ. Funeral service, 10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 12th, at Glendale Free Methodist Church, 6331 W. Lamar Ave., Glendale, AZ. Interment to follow at Resthaven Park Cemetery in Glendale. Contributions to Emmanuel Pines Campground, 3000 Spence Springs Rd., Prescott, AZ 86305. Courtesy of Pat Wilson.