Robert Emmett Curran, Jr.
Robert Emmett Curran, Jr.76, of Seekonk, MA, passed away peacefully at his home on May 2, 2017 with his family by his side. Born on August 21, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York to Robert Emmett Curran, Esq., originally from Olneyville, RI and Julia E. Guckian originally of Jersey City, NJ.
He grew up in Rockville Centre on Long Island and attended St. Agnes High School where he delighted in sports. He graduated cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA in 1962. He graduated from Cornell Medical College in New York City in 1966 where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Academic Honor Society in his third year.
He completed residencies at Cornell/New York Hospital Medical Center in New York City; the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD; and The Wilmer Institute at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and University in Baltimore, MD; and completed a fellowship at The Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston, MA.
Dr. Curran had a private ophthalmology practice in Pawtucket, RI for 42 years. He served as the Chief of the Division of Ophthalmology at Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, RI from 1977-2013. He was also Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery in ophthalmology at Brown Medical School from 1977-2016 where he was awarded multiple distinctions for teaching at the Eye Clinic at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Over the course of his career, Dr. Curran published sixteen scientific papers on topics ranging from internal medicine to pediatric ophthalmology.
He is survived by his wife Margaretta “Peggy” Cox Curran; his children Robert Emmett Curran, III and wife Meredith Wirsching of Seattle, WA; Trevor McIntosh Curran of Seekonk; and Victoria Cox Curran and husband Trevor Eppehimer of Salisbury, NC; his grandchildren Grace and Nicholas; his sister Kitty Barrett; his brothers-in-law Robert Cox, Esq., Douglas Cox, and Jack Gallagher; his sisters-in-law Kate Cox, Dr. Kathryn Cox; and cousin Richard Curran. He also leaves numerous nieces and nephews who loved their Uncle Bob.
There will be a Mass of Christian Burial for Dr. Curran, to which relatives and friends are invited, on Monday, May 8th at 10:00 am in St. Margaret’s Church, Pawtucket Avenue, Rumford.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Miriam Hospital Cancer Center, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI 02906. For online condolences please visit www.manningheffern.com.
