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Robert R. Skinner, 73, of Caldwell, died Sunday,
November 27, 1994, at his home of natural causes. Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Decem-ber 1, 1994,
at Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Interment will follow at
Canyon Hill Cemetery,
Caldwell.
Mr. Skinner was
born February 25, 1921, at
Boise, the son of Harry C. and Nellie
G. Young Skinner. He
was raised and educated at Wilder, graduating from
Wilder High School in 1936.
He then attended two
years of business college before entering the United States
Army November 25, 1942. He
was honorably discharged November 9, 1945, with the rank of
Sergeant having served with the HQ 455th Bomb Group in the
European Theatre of Operations.
After his
discharge from the Army, Mr. Skinner returned to
Caldwell where he worked for the flour mill in
Caldwell
and later as a bookkeeper for Caldwell Electric.
He married Berniece
Mae Miller on December 20, 1952, in
Caldwell.
He later worked as a mail carrier for the United States
Postal Service and then as a court bailiff and law librarian
for a number of years for
Canyon
County.
He was also an active
volunteer in many capacities with the Idaho Veterans Home in Boise.
He was a devoted
father and grandpa who was loved very much by his family and
will be greatly missed.
Mr. Skinner was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge #3
of Wilder and Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge #39 A.F. & A.M. of
Caldwell; a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars #3886
of Caldwell and the Military Order of the Cootles.
Surviving are his
daughters and sons-in-law, Trudy and Terry Eiguren of Cascade
and Jane and Laine Stocking of Boise; a granddaughter, Kristine Stocking of Boise; two aunts, an uncle
and numerous cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife,
Berniece, an infant son and an infant sister.
Friends may call at
Dakan Funeral Chapel in
Caldwell
from 2 to 8 p.m. today.
His family suggests that memorials be made to the
Idaho Veterans Home in
Boise
or to a favorite charity. |
