F. Carol (Ammon) Curfman

F. Carol (Ammon) Curfman, 78, of Hustontown, PA went home to be with the Lord on August 1, 2021. She died after a vigorous fight with cancer for15 months.  A loving family and friends surrounded her upon her passing.  As a youth, attending Church in Lewisburg with her family, Carol connected with God early in life. During her cancer treatment she grew closer to God and shared her belief in Him.   For the past 40 years, she has attended the Fairview United Methodist Church.

Carol was born in Lewisburg, PA on August 17, 1942.  Her two teen-aged brothers preceded her in death: A. Richard Ammon and Frederic C. Ammon; and father and mother, Keith Otto Ammon and Florence Kathryn Ammon.   Of her immediate family, her sister, Linda K. Ammon of Lancaster, PA, survives her.  

On July 15, 1978 Carol married Walter Lee Curfman of Todd, PA.  He survives Carol along with their two children and two grandchildren – Keith W. R. Curfman and wife Stacey (Berkstresser) Curfman and two grandchildren – Henry Grant and Holly Abigail - of Sterling, VA and daughter Megan C. Curfman and partner Lilah L. Taylor of Charles Town, WV. 

Carol graduated from Danville High School and Bloomsburg University.  She also studied French abroad for a semester in France.  She took various courses at other Universities throughout her teaching career.  She held teaching certificates in New York and Pennsylvania.  Her teaching career began in Northern PA, continued in Jamestown, New York, and concluded at Forbes Road in Waterfall, PA. where she taught French and English at the 7th to 12th grade level and introductory Spanish at the Elementary level.  Carol retired in 2007 after a teaching career of 42 years in Pennsylvania and New York with 30 years at the Forbes Road School District. 

Carol loved to travel.  She traveled extensively in her early years of teaching to Europe, the Orient, Africa, and South America, Two trips on her bucket list were Australia and the Middle East, particularly Israel. In early 2000’s, she along with other teachers from IU 11 traveled to China to teach elementary students.  She collected trinkets and mementos from each of the places she visited and enjoyed displaying and sharing these with her students and others.  She was known for her elaborate bulletin boards that used some of her collections to inspire students to learn.

Carol loved teaching and she loved her students.  She made a true effort of exposing students to cultures that they otherwise would not have had.  Through the French Club and fundraisers, she took students on trips to Europe, Canada, Florida, and Williamsburg, VA.  

Carol had a dream of opening a one-room schoolhouse museum.  She collected antique school desks and other items of the one room schoolhouse period.  This dream was not fulfilled but she did lend some of her collectibles to be displayed in one.  

Carol was a devoted, loving mother and grandmother.  Along with travel, her favorite things were gardening and acquiring various collectibles.  Later in life her focus was on her relationships with people and family and reading her Bible and devotionals. She will be missed but will join God in heaven.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, August 5, 2021 at the Fairview United Methodist Church, 2246 North Hess Road, Harrisonville, PA with Pastor Rebecca Cutchall and Pastor Marsha Bookhamer officiating.  Interment will be made privately at Center Cemetery, Waterfall, PA.  Friends may call at the M. R. Brown Funeral Home, 301 Pitt Street, Hustontown, PA from 6 - 8:00 PM on Wednesday and at the church one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Fairview United Methodist Church, 2246 North Hess Road, Harrisonville, PA 17228.

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