- Birth: Jul. 5, 1880
Christian County
Illinois, USA
Death: Jan. 10, 1966
Taylorville
Christian County
Illinois, USA
Obituary of Edward Skinner Died January 10, 1966 Published in Taylorville Breeze Courier
Ed Skinner, 85, Of Palmer, Dies Early This Morn
Edward (Ed) Skinner, 85, a native of Christian County, died at 1:45 o'clock this morning in St. Vincent Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient 12 days. He had been in ill health for some time.
Mr. Skinner was born in Greenwood Township, July 5, 1880, the son of Morris and Mary Jane Randle Skinner. He was married many years ago to Kitty Hawkins, who preceded him in death, December 23, 1956. Mr. Skinner was a retired farmer, and he had lived at Palmer 28 years.
Surviving are three sons, Alvin, Taylorville; Harold, Morrisonville; and Leroy of Palmer; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Gatton, Bloomington; and Mrs. Edna Curtis, O'Fallon, Missouri, 34 grandchildren; and two nieces.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Bivin Funeral Home at Morrisonville. The Rev. George W. Trask, pastor of the Stonington Calvary Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Harper's Ferry Cemetery, near Palmer.
Note: Ed Skinner's father's first name and his mother's last name were incorrectly spelled in the original obituary and have been changed above.
Family links:
Children:
Orville G. Skinner (1906 - 1957)*
Spouse:
Kittie Hawkins Skinner (1885 - 1956)
Burial:
Harpers Ferry Cemetery
Palmer
Christian County
Illinois, USA
Created by: Willis Oller
Record added: May 21, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52668402
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