Jan M. Curtis, 55, of Lexington, died Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Born in Ridgeland, SC, she was a daughter of the late Lonnie Brooks Munch and Beauton Maxine Parson Munch. Jan graduated from Columbia College and received a Master's in Autism from the University of South Carolina. Jan was a special education teacher with Lexington School District 1. She loved teaching and volunteering with Special Olympics. She never saw a child as special needs, she just saw a child.

Survivors include her husband, Bob Curtis; her son, Eric (Amanda) Curtis of Batesburg; her daughter, Sarah (Justin) Curtis Wolford of West Columbia; granddaughters, Kendall Marie and Olivia Rose Wolford; and her brother, Lonnie Brooks Munch, II of Bluffton. In addition to her parents, Jan was preceded in death by her sister, Rhonda Langford of Savannah.

The Memorial Mass for Mrs. Curtis will be celebrated at 11:30 o'clock, Saturday, March 7th, at Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church, 120 Marydale Ln, Columbia, with The Rev. Fr. David R. Whitman officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10:30 o'clock. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family. Memorials may be made to SC Autism Society, 806 12th St, West Columbia, SC 29169.