Biography

Ross M. Curry was born in 1929, the fifth of 7 generations of his family to live in Sauk County, Wisconsin.

After graduating from local schools he attended what is now Madison Area Technical College in Madison in 1948 and 1949. He worked two years on Mauston newspapers before spending the next 40 years working for the Wisconsin Dells Events newspaper, the longest anyone has ever done so.

In 1963 he married the former Sylvia Phillipson of Whitehall, Wisconsin. (Read Ross' 40th Anniversary Article). Sylvia is a graduate of North Central Bible College and La Crosse State Teachers College and is a retired school teacher. They have a son Ross, Jr. of Wisconsin Dells, a daughter Laureen Hunter of Black Creek, WI, and 3 grandsons, Alex, Ryan and Ross Tanner and 2 granddaughters Tiffany and Crystal Hunter.

Ross and Sylvia have been active members of Baraboo Assembly of God since marriage serving in a variety of positions.

Ross has written 8 books, mostly in retirement. Three are genealogies and four are local histories. He wrote Kilbourn Klippings for many years and still writes mostly historical articles nearly every week for the Wisconsin Dells Events.