Robert Curtin Tidd

Robert Curtin Tidd, 98, died April 16, 2018 in Tustin,California. He was born October 19, 1919, to Charles Henry Tidd and Wreitha Jones Tidd in Telluride,Colorado. In 1930, Robert moved with his family to Whittier, California. He graduated from Whittier Union High School, Whittier College, and the University of Southern California.

Trained as a chemical engineer, Robert worked for various chemical companies in the United States and Brazil before operating his own business, REO Plastics, in Costa Mesa, California.

During World War II, he worked in chemical plants producing products for the war effort and then he served in the Navy in naval intelligence.

Robert is survived by his daughter, Linda Tidd Alexander of Honolulu, HI; his granddaughters, Lisa Caire and Sheila Veikoso, great-grandchildren, Amanda, Lia, Tea, and Nya; nieces, Margaret, Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy; and a nephew, Charles. He was preceded in death by both of his parents and his brother, Dr. John Tidd.

A Memorial Service will be held at White-Emerson Mortuary in Whittier, California on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Yankton Cemetery in Yankton, South Dakota with a graveside service on Friday, May 4, 2018.

Opsahl-Kostel funeral home in Yankton, South Dakota is handling arrangements in South Dakota.