12/21/2025
Nathan S. Curtis
Nathan Stephen Curtis, 51, of Milford, NH, passed away suddenly and all-too-soon at his home on December 17, 2025.
He was born in Peterborough, NH, on October 25,1974 to Thomas and Shirley Curtis who raised their son on the family’s dairy farm in Milford. Growing up on the farm, he milked cows, shoveled gutters, bottle-fed calves, and learned the value of hard work and the pride that comes from supporting the ones you love. Decades after the dairy operation closed and the farm buildings were converted to other uses, Nathan could still be seen proudly wearing the iconic emerald green hat bearing the words “Curtview Farm.”
His childhood was spent playing amidst hay bale forts and cow stall jungle-gyms on the farm with his two brothers, and later, a little sister. It was a childhood full of friends who became family, six cousins who lived close by, and countless other relations who comprised a high percentage of the town’s population.
While his paternal grandfather, Charles, passed away when Nathan was only five years old, he had close ties to his other grandparents, Opal Curtis of Milford and Jerry and Jean Vincent of Wilton, NH. Much of his early life was spent at his maternal grandparents’ home where the sledding was good behind their house and he helped his grandfather repair cars at a garage at the Greeley Farm farther down the hill.
In high school, Nathan first discovered his passion for acting and appeared in a production of It Runs in the Family and Lend Me a Tenor before he graduated from Milford High School in 1993. Afterward, he stayed on the family farm until it shut down in 1994 at which point he enrolled in classes at Keene State College. It was there that he found the love of his life, his future wife, Lyndsay Sklat. He continued to hone his talents as an actor which would place him center stage in several productions including Better Living, A Day in Hollywood a Night in Ukraine and Get Out Your Gods. Later, his biggest and most impressive role was being a father to his children and a husband to his wife.
After his success in the theatre, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Keene State in 1998. His love for Lyndsay grew and the two were married in a packed church in Glastonbury, Connecticut on August 19 of 2000.
Tales of the revelries at that event became treasured family lore– especially the escapades of his Uncle David Vincent and Aunt Paula Kolapakka – which were regularly trotted out and retold at gatherings for decades to come.
Initially, the young couple purchased a home in Keene, but after the birth of their son Charles-Riley Edward in 2007, Nathan and Lyndsay decided they wanted to be closer to the family homestead. The farm remained a Mecca-like draw and forever home for Nathan and his siblings.
After a brief stay at the farmhouse, where they welcomed their daughter, Adelia Cathryn, in 2009, the couple moved into a new home, built for them by family friend Michael Mannino. It sits on a knoll above the farmhouse with a crowning view of the red barn and verdant fields below.
There, the family grew and prospered. Nathan worked for Monadnock Water in Wilton, where he was a salesman and all-around problem solver for the company for 17 years.
Nate and Lyndsay worked hard to provide for their family, but time spent with family was most precious. Weekends and weekdays were always packed with day trips, school productions, sports, helping with homework, and all the small moments that add up to a whole far greater than the sum of the parts. However, not a week passed without a Milano’s pizzanight.
As a husband and father, Nathan was a steady and consistent presence, attending to and assuaging the grief of whatevercrisis presented itself with a calm and loving manner and minimal exasperation. Nathan was Lyndsay’s rock and would joke around and make her laugh. On occasion, he would threaten to throw her in a snowbank when she was too anxious. He said she was his destiny, and they shared a love ofChristmas, good music, laughing at each other and family.
In December of 2024, Nathan welcomed another family member into his home – Jonalynn Sklat who spent her childhood summers playing with her cousins at her aunt and uncle’s home.
Nathan also maintained strong ties with his parents, always attending Sunday dinners at Tom and Shirley’s table. Three days before his passing, Nathan prepared a birthday dinner for his father and watched the Patriots’ game with his father and brothers.
In his spare time, Nathan enjoyed gaming – a passion that began in his teens playing Dungeons & Dragons with his siblings. Later in life, he would pass that passion on to his son, his niece, and his nephews. He made many friends in the gaming community that spanned over four decades.
Charlie and Nathan shared the love of playing the Magic the Gathering card game. Nathan enjoyed watching Charlie play football and throw for track. He was overjoyed when Charlietook an interest in working backstage on a high school play and later had a role in a Colby Sawyer College stage productionthis year.
Nathan was Adelia’s go-to for advice about friends and relationships. He also gave her tips about applying make-up – a skill he developed while performing on-stage. He helped her with her math homework, took her to father-daughter dancesand enjoyed watching her dance performances, sports and concerts. He even sang with her in a school concert.
Jonalynn and Nathan shared the same sense of humor, and they joked around with each other a lot. He taught her how to play Magic and volleyball and even took her driving at their pond.Nathan was available to give her rides to and from friends’houses and was there for anything she needed.
Often found belting out songs around the house, Nathan never took himself too seriously and would entertain his family with lighthearted jokes and silly gestures.
Nathan is survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Lyndsay; his children, Charlie, Adeila, and Jonalynn who he loved like a daughter; his parents, Thomas and Shirley; his brothers, Brent and Seth and wife, Jenn; and his sister, Annie Haines and husband, Sam, and nephew and niece, Jack and Eliza.
Also surviving are his Uncle David Vincent, Aunt Paula Kolapakka, and Aunt Shirley McAlpine; his first cousins,Tonya and Jeffrey McAlpine, Gwen (Wunder), Richard, Heidi (Marshall), and Marklyn (McCready) Gauthier who all grew up playing together.
He will also be missed by his mother-in-law, Kathleen Sklat, his father-in-law, Peter Sklat and wife, Judy Sklat; and his brother-in-law, Jonathan Sklat and partner, Ry Lawler, and children, Tyler, Jonalynn, and Kadelle.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Charles and Opal Curtis, his maternal grandparents, Jerry and Jean Vincent, and paternal aunt, Deborah Gauthier.
The service will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 1 PM at the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Wilton Center, 597 Isaac Frye Hwy, Wilton, NH, with a reception to follow in the Red House across the street.
Donations in Nate’s memory may be made to the Theater Arts program at Keene State College.
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