GLOUCESTER - Curry Cooper Obenshain Jr., 60, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 in Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. He was born in Bethesda, Md., to the late Curry C. and Elizabeth Brown Obenshain Sr.
He was employed at Philip Morris in Williamsburg as a processing technician, was a member of St. Therese Catholic Church, was president and founding member of the Fiero Owners Club of Southeastern Virginia, and had served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was also preceded in death by his older brother and sister and is survived by his loving wife, Maryvonne Swift Obenshain; his sister, Christina Obenshain Donofrio of Middletown, Pa.; and many nieces and nephews. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at St. Therese Catholic Church, by Father James Cowles. Burial will be in Bellamy Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m1. today, at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to St. Therese Catholic Church, P.O. Box 669, Gloucester, VA 23061.
Andrews Funeral Home, Gloucester, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Curry was the founding member of FOCOSEVA, now known as Virginia Fiero Assn. He was very active in the Fiero community back 15 years ago, and a lifetime member of FOCOA. His was the first 3800SC swap I had ever seen and it was an awesome car.

Curry, you will be missed.

Rob

I'm sorry to read of Curry's passing. I had met him at many FOCOA meets and his club did the FOCOA show in Williamsburg in 2001.



A photo from the Williamsburg show..

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quote Originally posted by Old Lar: I'm sorry to read of Curry's passing. I had met him at many FOCOA meets and his club did the FOCOA show in Williamsburg in 2001.

Thanks Larry, yea I had just joined the club a few months before that event. He worked very hard to make sure it went off with out a hitch.

Rob

RIP Curry

quote Originally posted by qwikgta: GLOUCESTER - Curry Cooper Obenshain Jr., 60, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 in Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. He was born in Bethesda, Md., to the late Curry C. and Elizabeth Brown Obenshain Sr. He was employed at Philip Morris in Williamsburg as a processing technician, was a member of St. Therese Catholic Church, was president and founding member of the Fiero Owners Club of Southeastern Virginia, and had served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was also preceded in death by his older brother and sister and is survived by his loving wife, Maryvonne Swift Obenshain; his sister, Christina Obenshain Donofrio of Middletown, Pa.; and many nieces and nephews. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at St. Therese Catholic Church, by Father James Cowles. Burial will be in Bellamy Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m1. today, at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to St. Therese Catholic Church, P.O. Box 669, Gloucester, VA 23061. Andrews Funeral Home, Gloucester, Va., is in charge of arrangements. Curry was the founding member of FOCOSEVA, now known as Virginia Fiero Assn. He was very active in the Fiero community back 15 years ago, and a lifetime member of FOCOA. His was the first 3800SC swap I had ever seen and it was an awesome car. Curry, you will be missed. Rob

Thanks for posting Rob - got the sad news at work this afternoon from Carolyn Coble

Jim

RIP Fiero friend.

I never met Curry, but remember some of his posts from the old Fiero Mailing list.

RIP, Curry. Hope the road now is smooth and twisty.

One of the only photos I have. If anyone has more please post.

Rob

RIP old Sailor and Fieroholic. Smooth seas, a favorable wind, and nice twisty and fun roads forevermore.

We miss you Curry



Rob

RIP Curry.
I met him at my first Fiero show back in 2001.

At the end of this post is the private email Curry's sister sent out to a few of us.

This post is two fold. First I just want to let people that have heard of Capt Fiero's passing, that I am alive and well and living in Canada. So please don't freak out about me. I knew Curry from chatting online, when I first made the transition from Car guy to Car guy / computer geek, I went online and used my real life nickname of Capt Fiero. He popped up and said HEY THATS MY NICKNAME. So I changed mine to Capt Fiero of BC, and even had an email captfieroofbc@shaw.ca. We chatted on the old Fiero.org mailing list while it was run by Peter Zurich. This was back around late 97 early 98. We chatted a few times more over the years and when I decided I wanted to register captfiero.com I contacted him and asked his permission. He kinda laughed and thanked me for asking permission, and he said he had no desire to own the name or create a site, so I got it rolling. He did not mind that I used Capt Fiero on PFF as he was not fond of forums.

However if you did know Curry Obenshain, also known to many as Captain Fiero, passed away on Jan 30, 2011, from cancer that attacked his lungs, brain, spine and throat. He fought the cancer for 7 months, until the cancer won the battle.
Note below is from Curry's Sister.

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Some of you may already have heard by word of mouth, but I wanted to make contact with everyone on Curry's email address list.

Curry Obenshain, also known to many as Captain Fiero, passed away on Jan 30, 2011, from a very aggressive cancer that attacked his lungs, brain, spine and throat. He had been diagnosed on June 21, 2010, and fought the cancer for 7 months, until the cancer won the battle. He will truly be missed!

His Obituary can be found at: http://www.legacy.com/obitu...nshain&pid=148274754 Please visit this website, and leave a message on the "guest book". We would appreciate all of your thoughts, prayers and comments.

If you would like to contact me, feel free to reply to this email, or you can call me at 717-512-5104.
Tina Obenshain Donofrio (Curry's little sister)

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RIP another Fiero owner with a long history in the Fiero community.

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RIP Mr. Obenshain.

Brad

RIP