Susheela Curtis
Arrangements for the funeral of Susheela Curtis
Friday 28th April 2017
Service at 1.30pm at Lodge Hill Crematorium Selly Oak, Birmingham
Family and friends are gathering for a service at Lodge Hill Crematorium to celebrate and pay tribute to the life of Susheela.
Everyone is welcome at the crematorium, and then afterwards at Susheela’s house at 5 Corvedale Road, Selly Oak for refreshments and to share memories.
Please feel free to post any messages for Susheela’s family at the bottom of this webpage.
Address: Weoley Park Rd,
Birmingham,
West Midlands B29 5AA
A map can be found by clicking this link
Susheela had a wonderful eye for colour let us celebrate that!
Family flowers only please.
5 Corvedale Road, Selly Oak, B29 4LG
A map can be found by clicking HERE
The family would like to”Adopt a Seat” at the Midlands Arts Centre in Susheela’s name. It was a place she spent lots of time at, doing art and writing courses. If you would like to make a donation, we will be collecting on the day.
When we first met in Botswana, Susheela invited us round for curry: you can imagine the look on her face when I asked her what sort of curry powder she used! I am proud to have known Susheela and to have shared a pint of my blood with her when Kiran was born.. It was well shaken up by the journey to the hospital in Donald’s car with its non-functioning clutch!
I am very sad to hear about Sushela. It has been a delight to have known her over many years via her attending my art classes at MacBirmingham and St Anne’s Church Hall, Moseley, Birmingham. She has very modestly said that everything she knows about art is as a result of my input (and one other). I have enjoyed following her painting progress and our enlightening conversations – always a two way learning situation. She is much missed.
Kerry and I will both be there and look forward to seeing you, wearing the brightest of colours we can find.
I am sorry I can’t be at her funeral. I knew Susheela through the Art Circle and Paul Bartlett’s portrait class, where she did some beautiful work. We shared a love of books and the theatre. My sympathy in your loss. Rachel David
In many ways – I am what I am – because of my sister Susheela’s influence on my life. She opened up the world of literature, poetry and romance – to me while I was still short of my teens. My bread, butter – and even cake – to me., those days was, dreaming the dreams of authors like Sir Walter Raleigh, Charlotte Bronte, D.H. Lawrence, Somerset Maugham, A.J.Cronin – and to lend a little bit of color – in Percy Bysshe Shelley
We both are Davids, we shared the same jawline (square, well defined and powerful) we both loved good wine, we enjoyed each other’s company, opinionated with vibrant discussions of life, love and family. She would warn me that I was not allowed to clean her house on the weekends I visited her while I was at Uni in Wales. She could never find her stuff! I would not listen. We loved the theatre and watched performances at the Swan theatre in Stratford Upon Avon and Birmingham Rep. I loved when she would make her famous lamb chops and I was always admonished when I ate beef with a threat of mad cow disease. She would say I reminded her of her when she was young. Ready to take on every challenge head on and explore different worlds and be one’s own master. So we did!
She my aunt and I her niece.
I raise a toast to my Aunt from thousands of miles away in California. I will be unable to attend but my Dad her baby brother Krupa will be there. She always has a special place in my heart.
So sorry I can’t be there for the funeral- as I would have dearly loved to be. I’ve known Susheela for about 14-15 years- since I started the Writers’ Reading group at Mac- upon which she was one of the first “students”.. Since that first experiment of combining a reading group with the development of writing skills the group has gone from strength to strength with Susheela as a key member. Her writing got better and better as it drew more and more on her visual art expertise and her memories of India and Botswana- and her opinions about the books we read were always strong and worth listening to- even when you didn’t agree with her! Susheela joined us in Shropshire too for our creative writing and art projects- where she loved the landscape and the company. All in all she became a very good friend of members of the group and myself. She will be sorely missed., Polly xxx
Susheela leaves a void among us; we had so many lively times with her, discussing all kinds of topics, around a nice meal she had cooked; above all she liked to discuss art and to share with us her thoughts about some of her paintings. She also discussed, recommended and lent us books for which we were grateful.
I have known Susheela for more than 17 years. I can easily remember as one very memorable time with Susheela was when she came, with my mum, to spend time with me in Zanzibar. I was 5 months pregnant with my daughter Moza at the time. It seems incredible that Moza will be 17 years old in July. Susheela brought with her a beautiful blue cotton Sulwar Kameez. I just loved it as maternity wear. It had such a beautiful design on it. When we returned to Zanzibar when Moza was 5 years I brought it back with me. My mother in law, who is Zanzibari, told me it needed to be more fitted to be flattering so I took it to a tailor and had it shaped. So I really got wear out of that one! Now I remember that I went shopping for one in Birmingham with Susheela before I left. We went to an Indian area to try them on and I chose a perfect maroon coloured one. I loved that one, too. Susheela always took an interest in Moza and bought her so many lovely gifts over the years including books, of course.
I visited Susheela at her home and enjoyed her cooking and company so much. We would also visit a cultural centre next to a lovely park. We had a lot of common interests particularly around books and travel and then later art when I started painting in oils a couple of years ago. I am sorry that I did not become friends with her on facebook as I have since looked at her page and enjoyed seeing her beautiful paintings finished and in progress. I would have loved to have been able to tell her how beautiful the colours in her paintings were and how very,very talented she is. Another place of meeting was at mum’s house on the Isle of Wight. I always looked forward to it when Susheela was visiting and she would traditionally cook us all a delicious fish curry. Dear Susheela, you have been there for many landmarks in my life and I shall be missing you so much. I am thinking of your dear family, that you always spoke of with such love and pride, at this time of loss. With all my love xxx
I’m so sorry I can’t be at Susheela’s funeral. I met her through Birgit about 10 years ago and have been on several wonderful painting holidays with her and friends. The last one was in April 2016 when the two of us went to Sicily but sadly Susheela was already beginning to feel unwell. I loved her beautiful paintings especially her portraits (and her delicious fish curries) and always looked forward to her visits to the Isle of Wight. She will be much missed and my heartfelt sympathy goes out to her family, I am thinking of you all at this very sad time. With much love Patsy xxx
i have one of her paintings siesta acrylic and pastel what a brilliant artist she was very sad to hear of her passing love her work