Tommy Jay Curts

Tommy Jay Curts, more commonly known as “Tom,” passed peacefully on June 12, 2024, in Carmel, but he was a Bloomington boy for most all his life. Tom was a Christmas baby, born in 1938 at Wabash, Indiana to Mary Helen Jay Curts and Ross Edward Curts. Tom was a 1956 graduate of Bloomington High School and became a successful runner for the Panthers in both track and cross country, specializing in the mile run. After high school he attended the University of Colorado at Boulder on a track scholarship, where he graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering. Tom’s engineering career in the 60’s took him from California to Florida to Georgia to Texas and back to California during which time he worked for such companies as McDonnel Douglas, Lockheed, and General Dynamics. But Tom found his way back to Bloomington to raise his family and work as a car salesman, life insurance agent, auto parts department manager, project manager for an advertising firm and the owner of Cresent Donut. Tom volunteered and served in various capacities in the Bloomington community including on the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals, as a youth baseball and basketball coach, as an active member and leader in the Christ Community Church, and as an officer of the Sherbrooke Condominium Association. He enjoyed playing basketball and tennis until he could no longer, so he developed a passion for golf that carried him through his later years. He was an avid IU sports fan. Tom was preceded in death by his wife “Happy” and is survived by his great grandchildren Bobby and Kenzie Curts, grandson Sam Curts and his wife Libby, grandsons Henry and Elliot Curts, son Jay Curts and his wife Erin son Jordy Curts and his wife Darby, brother Jim Curts and his wife Yolanda, Happy’s grandchildren Jimmy Clark, Holly Clark, Katherine Clark, Carl Campbell, Austin Campbell, Rachel Campbell, Annie Clark, Alexandra Campbell, William Campbell IV and Quintessa Campbell, Happy’s daughter Elaine Wagner and her husband Greg, Happy’s daughter Janet Clark and her husband Murray, Happy’s son Bill Campbell and his wife Lori and Happy’s son Andrew Campbell and his wife Heidi. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 25th from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Allen Funeral Home, 4155 S. Old State Road 37 Bloomington, IN. Private entombment will take place at Valhalla Memory Gardens. A Celebration of Life will be held in July. Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.allencares.com

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Tommy Jay Curts

December 25, 1938 - June 12, 2024