Sarah Mozino Curtin, 64, Realtor, church volunteer

Sarah Mozino Curtin, 64, of Rosemont, a Realtor, golfer, church volunteer, and breast-cancer survivor, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, Sunday, March 28, at home.

Mrs. Curtin grew up in Drexel Hill and Villanova and graduated from Rosemont School of the Holy Child. After earning a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, she sold houses for her father, Joseph S. Mozino, a well-known Delaware County builder.

In 1968, she married John J. Curtin. They met at a school dance at Holy Child. She was in eighth grade and he was a freshman at St. Joseph's Preparatory School.

Though she did not pursue a career after she had children, she kept up her real estate license, and assisted friends and family with housing needs, said a daughter, Heather Santry.

For 60 years, Mrs. Curtin summered at the family home her father built in Ocean City, N.J.

She was a eucharistic minister and a volunteer accountant and bookkeeper at St. Thomas of Villanova Church.

Mrs. Curtin was a standout basketball and field hockey player in high school, played on Penn's field hockey team, and later became an avid golfer. She and her husband visited premier golf courses in the United States and abroad, including St. Andrew's in Scotland.

For more than 20 years, she was chair of the women's golf team at Overbrook Golf Club, organizing matches and tournaments. She also played competitive bridge at Overbrook.

Three years ago, she was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, which initially affected her speech and swallowing ability. When she lost the ability to speak, she and her family learned sign language, and later, she used a voice-assistance device.

For the last several months, she "whipped around" in a motorized wheelchair and was outside smiling for photos just days before her death, her daughter said.

She was strong and determined, her daughter said, and kept a strict medication regimen and participated in experimental drug studies.

Mrs. Curtin was a veteran at dealing with medical issues. While in college, she suffered serious injuries in an automobile accident and recovered.

At 34, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.

The cancer never recurred, her daughter said.

In addition to her husband and daughter, Mrs. Curtin is survived by a son, John 3d; a daughter, Laurie Heinerichs; a brother, and a grandson.

A Funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 6, at St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the Villanova University campus. Friends may call from 9 a.m. Entombment will be in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Marple Township.