JEROME F CURTIN 84JEROME F CURTIN, A NEEDHAM RESIDENT SINCE 1971 DIED ON SUNDAY DEC. 29 AT THE STANLEY R TIPPETT HOUSE OF NEEDHAM. BORN IN BOSTON, MR. CURTIN SERVED DURING WW11 IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE M.B.T.A. AS A HEAD LINEMAN IN THE EMERGENCY STATION IN CHARLESTOWN, BOSTON AND EVERETT. JEROME WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS OF WEST ROXBURY AND A MEMBER OF AMERICAL ASSOC.JEROME WAS THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE JANE E (ABBOTT) CURTIN AND DEAR FATHER OF DOROTHY ANN STORY OF NEWBURYPORT, JEROME F III OF NEEDHAM, GEORGE F CURTIN OF DENVER CO. AND ELIZABETH BERGER OF ALTON BAY N.H.. BROTHER OF ELIZABETH MacINNES OF HYDE PARK AND THE LATE ALTHEA COREY. JEROME IS SURVIVED BY 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY DEC. 31, 11:00 AM AT THE EATON FUNERAL HOME 1351 HIGHLAND AVE. NEEDHAM. VISITING HOURS TUESDAY FROM 4-7:00 PM. BURIAL AT NEEDHAM CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE IN JEROME’S MEMORY TO THE STANLEY R TIPPETT HOUSE, 920 SOUTH ST. NEEDHAM MA 02492.