Max R Curtis January 11, 1923-July 15, 2017 Max R. Curtis, age 94, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend passed away peacefully July 15, 2017. He was surrounded by his loving family at the time of his death. Max was born January 11, 1923 in Ogden, Utah to Guy and Agnes Curtis. He was the fourth of five children. He attended grade school and high school in Ogden. After graduation he enlisted in the US Marine Corp; 1942. He was honorably discharged in 1945. In 1944 while serving in Riverside, California, he married Dorothy Miller of Provo, Utah. He met Dorothy in Ogden, Utah while attending Weber College; she was working as a secretary to the Dean at the College. Dorothy died in 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah, while Max attended the University of Utah. Max attended the University of Southern California and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1947. He received a Master's Degree in Marketing and Business Administration in 1950 from the University of Utah. In 1951, Max met Marilyn McEntire in Salt Lake City; they were married in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple April 27, 1951. After graduation, Max began working with Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company as a sales engineer in Salt Lake City. He started working for the United States Steel Corporation at the Geneva Works in 1956 as a foreman of the Instrument Shop and Field. He received several promotions until his service as Division Superintendent of Maintenance and Utilities at Geneva Works in 1976. He retired from US Steel in 1983. During his time at US Steel, he was asked to go to Italy as one of four men from the corporation as advisors to the Italian Steel Corp, Italside. He worked in their plant at Palomino, Italy for three months. During these same years he served as the US Steel Representative to the Orem Chamber of Commerce and served on the Board of Directors, Vice-Chairman, President Elect and the President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1979. During this year, the first presentation of Arthur V. Watkins Outstanding Citizen Award took place at the new Osmond Studios. In 1970, he and his wife, Marilyn, attended the United States Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. In 2003, Max was honored with the "Outstanding Citizen Award" by the Provo/Orem Chamber of Commerce. He served on several civic committees and assignments such as: The Community Progress Committee, the Naming Committee for the Mountain View High School and several years with the United Way. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Association and on the Orem Summer Festival Committee. He served as the Utah District Chairman of the Iron and Steel Industry (AISE) and as National Director for this organization. He also served as District Vice President for the Instrument Society of America (ISA). After retirement, he worked for six years for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the International Physical Facilities Department. He traveled to many parts of the world. He has served in many callings in the LDS Church, including member of a bishopric, stake executive secretary, and counselor to the stake president, stake patriarch (17 years) and as bishop. He served as an ordinance worker in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple. He and Marilyn served an LDS mission at the Toronto Ontario Temple. Max is preceded in death by his parents, Guy and Agnes Curtis, sister Afton (Kenneth Burdett), brothers, Von (Barbara), Dan (Hazel) Curtis and Dorothy Miller (wife) of Provo, Utah. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, of 66 years, children; Steven (Betty Ann), Michael (Dawn), Deborah (Don McGee), Ronald (Laurel) and Bryan; 23 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and his brother Leon (Connie). We would like to thank the Central Utah Veterans Home in Payson Utah for the kindness and consideration to Max and his family during his brief stay there.