Ninth Generation

5621. Robert Jackson Skillman was born on 7 October 1918 in Newark, Essex, NJ. He served in the military from 6 January 1941 to 1945 at Corporal in U.S. Army. He enlisted as a private at Newark, NJ.

He served in the central European theater and saw action in Normandy, the Rhineland and Italy. He lived in Truro, MA from 1967 to 10 September 1999. From 1978 to 1998 Robert was a salesman at Westron Corp. in New York, Kings, NY. He died amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) on 10 September 1999 at the age of 80 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, MA. Paper: Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
Deceased: TRURO - Robert Jackson Skillman
Date: September 13, 1999
80, a longtime resident of Truro, died Friday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as "Lou Gehrig's disease."
He was the husband of Winifred J. (Strain) Skillman.
Mr. Skillman was born in Newark, N.J., and raised and educated in Montclair. N.J.
He worked for a time for 20th Century Fox in New York in their news bureau.
During World War II, he served in the Army from 1941 to 1945 in the central European theater and saw action in Normandy, the Rhineland and Italy.
After his discharge, Mr. Skillman returned to working in sales, primarily in the electronics field. In 1978 he joined Westron Corp of New York City, a manufacturer of industrial lighting equipment, and remained there until his retirement in 1998.
Mr. Skillman was a resident of Truro for the past 32 years where, as a salesman, he worked from his residence.
He was a member of the Cedar Grove New Jersey Presbyterian Church and a member and past master of Newark Masonic Lodge 7 A.F. & A.M.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, William R. Skillman of Portsmouth, Va.; two daughters. Carol Anne Dane of Fairfield, Conn. and Barbara Jane Powell of Canton, Mass.; eight grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Funeral services, visitation and burial are private.
Author: CAPE COD TIMES
Copyright, 1999, Cape Cod Times. All Rights Reserved.
He had Social Security Number 119-12-2214. Robert was member at Presbyterian Church in Cedar Grove, NJ. Hebelonged to Master, 1958 in at Mason's Montclair Lodge No. 144 in Montclair, Essex, NJ. Newark Masonic Lodge information from obit in Cape Cod Times, 9/13/2005. His nephew, John Earle Skillman III said "He was a member and Past Master of the same lodge that my dad was a member and also Past Master, which was Montclair Lodge #144 F&AM in Montclair, NJ. Perhaps he belonged to them at different times? He was buried at Fairmont Cemetery in Newark, Essex, NJ. Robertbelonged to member and past master in at Masonic Lodge 7 A.F & A.M, of Newark in Newark, Essex, NJ. Newark Masonic Lodge information from obit in Cape Cod Times, 9/13/2005. His nephew, John Earle Skillman III said "He was a member and Past Master of the same lodge that my dad was a member and also Past Master, which was Montclair Lodge #144 F&AM in Montclair, NJ. Perhaps he belonged to them at different times?

Robert Jackson Skillman and Winifred Janet Strain were married on 2 November 1945. Winifred Janet Strain was born on 3 July 1918 in Bayonne, Hudson, NJ. She was living on 10 September 1999 in Truro, MA. She died on 28 March 2008 at the age of 89 in Canton, MA. Winifred was buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, Essex, NJ.

Robert Jackson Skillman-11124 and Winifred Janet Strain-11126 had the following children: