Two recently deceased bachelor brothers in Stillwater left $2.6 million to St. Croix Catholic School in that city to endow a scholarship fund.
John DeCurtins and Jean DeCurtins were parishioners of St. Michael in Stillwater.
John died in 2018 at age 95. Jean died the following year at age 100.
Both brothers had served in World War II, and, according to a Dec. 2 news release from the school, “They lived modestly, rarely spending anything on themselves while showing extraordinary generosity to those around them.”
With a campus adjacent to St. Michael parish, St. Croix Catholic School educates students in pre-kindergarten to grade eight.
“The Lord has been so good to us in ways we will never be able to number. He is confirming, once again, through the generosity of our benefactors that the future of our world needs schools like St. Croix Catholic which unite with families to form scholars, disciples, and servant leaders,” SCCS principal, Sister Maria Ivana Begovic, said in the news release.
