Funeral services for Curtis Huff, 91, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 24, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Huff passed away at 7:55 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at his home.
He was born May 8, 1933 at West Plains, Missouri, to Mabel Wood Huff and Vernor Wellington Huff. He was eldest of 8 children. Curtis graduated in 1952 as a Zizzer from West Plains High School. Mr. Huff was a member of the Missouri National Guard. He worked as a delivery route salesman for several companies before being employed by Division of Family Services in 1965, retiring as Case Analyst on July 1, 1995. Mr. Huff was proud to be able to live on his grandparent’s farm which became a Century Farm in 2022. He was an avid fan of the St Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Chiefs. Mr. Huff was a member of the Smith Chapel Church of West Plains where he served as deacon.
He is survived by his wife Marcella, of the family home; four children, Katherine Pettit (Paul), West Plains, Ronald Huff (Linda), Willard, Missouri, Elizabeth Huff, North Kansas City, Missouri and Jeffrey Huff (Rita), Jefferson City, Missouri; numerous grandchildren, great and great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Sue Crumbley and husband, Aaron (Ace), Owensboro, Kentucky; two sisters-in-law, Kaye Huff and Billie Davis Huff; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, Vernon and Elec Huff, three sisters, Patricia Meinung, Jenny Lou Knott and Dorothy Walters and three brothers, Jim, John and Richard Huff.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m., Monday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Mr. Huff will lie in state from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Sunday at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be at Elk Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elk Creek Cemetery or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., West Plains, Missouri.
