Virginia Henry Curtiss (1875 â€" July 11, 1941) was president of The Heckscher Foundation for Children and was a member of New York City's Child Welfare Board.
Biography
She was born in 1875 in Vienna and educated in England. She married Edwin Burr Curtiss, of A. G. Spalding Bros. After his death she married August Heckscher on July 2, 1930 at Croton-on-Hudson, New York. August Heckscher died on April 26, 1941 and left his widow $10,000 and all his real estate. She died on July 11, 1941. No legatee could be found that was named in her will and the probate court declared an earlier copy of the will as valid. Part of her art collection was donated to an armed forces art program.
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