Class of 1950
1950 Maroon Spotlight
Dorothy Tobin
Annual Princess 46-47, Student Council 46-47, 48-49, Student Council Secretary 48-49, Class Reporter 46-47, Class Secretary and Treasurer 47-48, Class Treasurer 48-49,
Basketball Queen 47-48, Red Hots 47-50, Red Hot Cheerleader 47-49, Red Hot Drill Leader 49-50, Council 47-50, Teen Town, Clerk 48-50, Band Queen Manager 46-47, Library Staff 46-47, Annual Staff 48-50, Assistant Annual Editor 48-49, Annual Editor 49-50, Annual Play 48-49, Junior Play Student Director 48-49, Glee Club 49-50, Office Staff 49-50, First Place in Speech Contest 48-49, Class Assemblies 46-48.
1950 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
One of the most popular and active girls in school activities is Dorothy Tobin, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Tobin, 717 Jackson street. Miss Tobin was born April 22, 1932, in Bartlesville and attended grade schools at St. Joseph’s in Bison and the Catholic school in Perry. among her activities in high school were serving on the student council two years, student council secretary in 1948-49, school annual editor this year, freshman class reporter, sophomore class secretary, junior class treasurer, member of the Red Hots, Red Hots drill leader, Red Hots cheer leader, office staff, senior play, annual play in 1948-49, annual princess in 1946-57, and basketball queen in 1947-48. Follow her graduation he plans to go into the secretarial field.
Dorothy Agnes (Tobin) Curry
April 22, 1932 – December 26, 2023
Dorothy “Mimi” Agnes Tobin Curry, 91, of Greenville, South Carolina entered into eternal rest with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 26, 2023. She passed in her home surrounded by her loving family and treasured Christmas decorations.
Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on April 22, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Blaine E. and Agnes Strothman Tobin. Dorothy attended Perry schools, was active in cheerleading, and graduated high school in 1950.
She married George A. Curry in 1951 and they were the devoted parents to seven children. George’s IBM career took them from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Connecticut to South Carolina, which they proudly called home.
Dorothy was very proud of her Oklahoma heritage. Her grandmother Effie Strothman was an early pioneer coming to Oklahoma via the Santa Fe train in the fall of 1889. Effie then purchased a horse and went to claim her homestead by living in a cave and working the land. Effie was granted 80 acres of land by then President Grover Cleveland in 1895. The following year, her grandfather Louis P. Strothman came to the area and bought a relinquishment. Her paternal grandparents were early Oklahoma pioneers as well. She always embodied that same great pioneer spirit and deep faith which lives on in her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
By living a holy and evangelistic life, she spread the light of Jesus Christ to all she knew and met. Dorothy’s life was one of living the two greatest commandments of loving God above all others and loving her neighbor as herself. She demonstrated an immense love of the Eucharist, an unwavering devotion to her Catholic Faith, spending hundreds of hours in Adoration and Pro-life prayer. Dorothy was an amazing friend, evidenced by her years of selfless service to others.
Dorothy was an awesome cheerleader for her Lord, Jesus Christ, for her brothers and sisters, for her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, for her country, for her Oklahoma Sooners, and for her Clemson Tigers.
She was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church, the Guilds of Saint Thomas, and Saint Benedict.
In addition to her parents, Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, George A. Curry of 58 years; her dear daughter, Marsha Lynn Curry; and her sisters, Shirley Samson and Phyllis Speiser.
Surviving are two daughters, Deborah Morgan and Michelle Tompkins; four sons, Kevin Curry and his wife Kathy, Clark Curry and his wife Nancy, Kelly Curry, and Kirk Curry and his wife Valerie; sister, Maxine McGee; brothers, Dalvin Tobin, and Ed Tobin and his wife Rosemary; ten grandchildren, Heather Morgan, Ryan Curry, Rose El-Kara, Sean Curry, Eryn Marshall, Corey Slife, Lynn Marie Tompkins, Sophie Curry, Charlie Tompkins Jr., and Leo Curry; three great grandchildren, Kennedy Grace Lay, Curry Byrd Marshall, and Lore El-Kara.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Prince of Peace Catholic Church on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. A private burial will be held in the M.J. “Dolly” Cooper Veterans Cemetery, Anderson.