Kevin Howell Curcuru
Kevin Howell Curcuru, 70, handed away peacefully Monday, March 21, 2022, at Apple Valley Center in Ayer, Mass.
Kevin was born on April 16, 1951, at West Point, N.Y., to oldsters Edmond and Patricia. His household moved a number of instances all through his childhood between Connecticut, Ohio, and New York, though his favourite properties have been in Southold, N.Y. — the longtime household home Howell Home, and exquisite bayside property affectionately dubbed Paradise Point, each of which he would frequent all through his life.
Kevin graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Conn., the place he attended a Doors live performance as faculty photographer. After highschool he spent a memorable yr with the Trailside Country School, tenting and climbing with a bunch throughout the Appalachians. Kevin then hung out working on the Lums Restaurant, Goldsmith’s Boat Shop, and his favourite, the Westport Pizzeria — whereas driving his crimson Datsun 2-liter and studying crusing. He began attending school at Ohio Wesleyan University earlier than transferring to Western Connecticut State University.
Kevin graduated from WestConn in 1979 earlier than starting a graduate diploma program in pc science and electrical engineering on the University of Connecticut in Storrs. He would usually reminisce of his time educating programs at UConn in areas comparable to CS, {hardware} design and software program engineering. One semester earlier than finishing his M.S. diploma, Kevin began his profession in pc {hardware} engineering and design at Wang Labs, shifting to Maynard, Mass. At Wang he was awarded 4 patents for reminiscence controllers and system bus structure, earlier than he finally moved on to work at different pc engineering firms, DEC, SMC, Cabletron, and SUN Microsystems.
After retiring from SUN on account of incapacity within the early 2000s, Kevin then pursued his lifelong ardour of pictures. He took a number of pictures programs, discovered picture enhancing applications, experimented with several types of cameras, lenses and printing methods and bought his images at artist occasions. Kevin mixed his love of pictures along with his fondness for driving and climbing — occurring picture walks and hikes up mountains and trails throughout the New England space. He usually glided by his web moniker “Oldmotem” (quick for Old Man of the Mountain) for his pictures and on-line persona.
Kevin actively lived his life to the fullest throughout retirement, dividing his time between Pepperell, Mass, Nashua, N.H., and Howell Home and Paradise Point. An enormous fan of music, he went to dozens of live shows, particularly for his favourite artist, Avril Lavigne, and his shut second favourite, Tegan and Sara. He frequented the cinemas and watched TCM commonly, contributing to a number of completely different film overview websites. He attended a number of native Southold occasions along with his mom till her passing in 2018, together with the yearly Cutchogue BBQ and LobsterFest. Kevin surrounded himself along with his household and pals, and is remembered fondly for his kindness, giving nature and humorousness.
Kevin is survived by his three youngsters, Emily, Julie, and Todd Curcuru; his 5 grandchildren, Arin McGilvray, Alistair, Ariana and Arthas Dreher and Jane Jones; his former spouse, Maureen Johnson; and his brother, Michael Curcuru.
Services will likely be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 16, on the Cremation Society of New Hampshire in Manchester, N.H.
Memorial donations will be made to Mount Washington Observatory or to the Custer Institute and Observatory in Southold, N.Y.
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