Biography

11/15/1910 - 11/29/1982

CURWOOD, William B., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Shickshinny, Luzerne County, Pa., November 15, 1910; graduated, Shickshinny High School; graduated, Wyoming Seminary; restaurant owner; insurance salesman; tax collector (4 years); elected, treasurer, Shickshinny; elected, burgess, Shickshinny; elected, council, Shickshinny; board member, Wyoming National Bank; unsuccessful campaign to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1950); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1952; reelected to serve 6 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1966); elected, treasurer, Luzerne County (1968-1980); died, November 29, 1982 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.